The board has been slow for about 6 days.
I have made the host provider aware of the issue after running several traces from around the US. All performed in a similar slow fashion regardless of origination.
It appears two primary routers just outside their core are causing the hang up. I did get a reply from them this morning and the issue has been elevated to their highest tier support admin.
This evening the site seems to be snapping right up so maybe they have made some headway. (At least from my location in upstate NY.)
Some of you may still be having an issue depending upon the routers your packets hit to and from the site.
I apologize for any inconvenience this has caused and will keep on it to get it resolved as quickly as possible.