I guess I'm a bit late for this one...
I'm thinking, in the time frame, there was some problem with one of ForumUps providers, in the ,Org Domain. At least the slowness was largely attributed to that. The off-line stuff was something else entirely, but I can't think of what it was.
The Support Staff can do bugger all anyway, except sit it out, like the rest of us. Everythings in Italy, including the the Bods that actually can do something.
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