The forum is pretty slow here too. But it’s been that way for a long time, not just the last couple of weeks. In fact, I think the site is a bit faster than it used to be, since I never get half pages or time-out messages. (Unless the tech guy has increased the time-out settings.)
It is indeed mainly the forum. Although in some cases the rest of the site lags a bit, too. I don’t think it is a general internet traffic delay since the rest of the site doesn’t appear to have this problem as much and neither do other sites.
IIRC the tech guy looked into this some time (half a year?) ago and concluded it had something to do with the database or the communication between the webserver and the DBMS. Clay then had plans to upgrade, but I don’t know what ever came of them..
This is an older thread on the topic: http://www.wickededgeusa.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=3&id=2938&Itemid=63#2953