it's not constant, sometimes it's in the 10-20 second range to load.

good points, thanks for the informative reply. i'm on a macbook air that's a few years old, on chrome (which i know sucks, i guess i'm just used to it). connection is pretty reliably around 24/10 down/up every time i've run a test. diethex seems like a good solution.

thank you! i didn't know about that, looks like it will help!