Today is one of the slowest day's since we've all experienced this problem... and even with 7% packet loss, I still load "theregister.uk" faster that I get "AWADtalk.ohio". I do have control over my LAN cache and it seems like an request overload on the AWAD server...

http://www.internettrafficreport.com

Could it be that all of the 2600+ members are coming home for a little "sanity" lately...