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We moved it from our old slow servers in Tampa, FL to our blazing fast new servers in San Diego, CA.
But I'm curious of anybody actually noticed the difference...

Well, what I have noticed is that I no longer encounter a 404 error half the time I try to access the site and forum, which was probably because of the move to a new server, so that by its lonesome makes the site faster for me.

That's definitely helpful, glad it was an improvement for you!

It feels a little faster for me too. I lol'd at that last option. 56K just needs to die already.

I have an internet connection (provided by none other than Hellstra) that, although it isn't dial-up, sure feels like it in use, and can only be described as a disgrace for the fee. Not voting as I missed the opportunity to compare the two on a decent connection.

And now I can't access the internet gateway through Wi-Fi, so I have to plug it in through USB. I still haven't verified whether it's the internet thing or the Wi-Fi card in my PC (if it's the latter, at least I'm lucky it's an expansion rather than part of the motherboard), but I can tell you one thing: This stupid 4G device has shockingly similar mannerisms to the 3G device(s) I had before. They aren't similar in appearance, but there's something in common between them that may well explain the whole saga: both were made by Sierra Wireless.

Said 4G thing also has no way to disable automatic firmware updates, only to change the interval. As far as I'm concerned, it was obsolete from day one. I have a spare (by accident), but I'm told it's a PITA to swap them. I have no doubt about it - Telstra and Sierra Wireless are despicable.

Well...I managed to swap them anyway, which fixed the problem of broken Wi-Fi...but it may well be the same again after another few months.