Well, as Adorety said, "I'm sure I'll have to buy something from here once in awhile". So, I looked at my Prime purchases from this last season and took note of the fact that my purchases did indeed make it well worth the Prime price. And, between the 50% off price of the Prime membership and the 20% coupon, I decided to go for it after all. BUT, this is only for these two reasons:

1: I have examined my spending here and realized that between what I have been spending and the lack of resolution concerning this download speed issue that is experienced ONLY here I will be spending far less money this year - I have already begun cutting back, and I LIKE IT! I am now FAR more discerning about what I purchase partly because I know the download process will make me pay for my choices.

2: I don't expect I will be spending enough to meeting the Render Rewards minimums anymore which makes the Prime all that much more valuable.

So, if I'm going to have to wait forever for a purchase to download I may as well get it at a good price right?

Hey, you know, Rod brings up a good point AGAIN! "3. I can download Rendo's free content at 1 - 3 MB/sec". WHY?

I never DID get a response to my question a while back as to just WHERE the server that houses the "lockers" is and why I can download from that so much faster than the server that houses the purchased items. Why is that I wonder. Why did I not get a reply to that? Hmmmmmm. Could it be because they are they same server? Who knows? Nobody is saying.