I'm in the same time zone as you and spent several hours here during the busiest part of the day with no slow downs.  Every page popped up instantly as I browsed the products and read the forums (I was looking for a particular product and the search utility is notoriously horrible).  I can only suggest that it was congestion or problems with your ISP.  My local provider upgraded our neighbourhood to fibre two months ago and we had pretty slow service for a week.