Originally Posted by: Hieronymus1967 
Due to the requirement of XBL authentication, the choice of forum software when this current iteration came into being was and still is very limited. The performance of the forum is, as always, inextricably linked with the performance of that XBL authentication.
Also, Microsoft.
As much as I completely agree with your assessment of the authentication process, it doesn’t explain the sudden drop to 1/10 the speed it was two weeks ago.
Like I mentioned, the forums were working fine two weeks ago. Everything else is fine on my I-phone. Was there an authentication update two weeks ago? Can’t find any update news online.
It was a very sudden drop in speed for me. Something happened. No system update in my phone. It’s unfortunate as I don’t use a home PC for forum access.
Someone screwed up somewhere.