Over the christmas 2020 period, the server response to logins, viewing topics and especially initiating a repsonse has been very slow, compared to what it was over most of 2020. To the point where it looked like it was never ever going to respond. Response to other internet sites seems quite normal.
I've not noticed any items about computer maintenance - christmas is a favourite time to do that - that might cause 'slowness', so is there any other explanation??