Okay, I guess I was confused because you were comparing the performance here to that of RDNA and ArtZone. Since it appears that what you're doing is comparing the speed now to times past, I was wondering if you have any data for comparison between now and back then? Maybe we could backtrack the problem to something.

I'm getting an average 67 ms latency on round trips pinging their server. DNS resolution occurs in an average of 25 ms, which isn't too bad. They do use an open DNS server here, which can result in slowdowns based on over usage. They do have a pretty large user base here, so that might be a possibility. Packets are taking 13 hops from my server down to theirs, which seems a little high to me, too; there may be routing issues.

I have to confess that I haven't noticed a slowdown, myself, so I can't contribute any direct data. I use cable modem from home, and full DSL at work, and I haven't noticed a change in the last four years or so. I know there are sites that run faster, and certainly some that run slower, but I've been fortunate not to experience any problems.

If you don't mind my asking, what ISP are you using? Perhaps something has changed in the packet routing between your ISP and the server that Renderosity is using.

Captain Jack