We do have better overall page loads now but we're still getting periodic loads that are way above acceptable rates. We're going to have to test some other things.
1:10 PM Eastern time (Hope this might help)
FYI I just tried to display this reply in a new tab (in Mozilla Firefox) from the home page summary of latest posts. It timed out after 60 seconds.
When I went step by step, from home page, select FORUMS, then page down and select COMMENTS and SUGGESTIONS forum, then select this thread, then page down, the display took less time, maybe a more reasonable 3 - 5 seconds per step.
Just tried a 2nd random thread/post from the Home page. It displayed in a new tab in 1-2 seconds, which is normal and excellent.