Good point, we were recently migrated from about 12 different gateways to a single, I say single but it is most likely several, gateway address. Went from a ...ds.internet1.com (thru 12.com) to ...ds.internetpln.com Now, that gateway could be only one server, or it could actually be a "virtual" address for a cluster of gateways, but it is so damn slow.
Even hitting the back button can take seconds to reload what should already be cached in temp internet files. It's almost like my machine doesn't like cached files, and wants to refresh them, but I've got the settings right, so I think it's an underlying company spyware, or a gateway screw-up. It's just frustrating.
Or, it could be the Windows XP that they just upgraded me to.