I switched my webhosting, and my new webhosting company, although located in NZ, actually has its servers in the USA. Since then I've notice my e-mails take considerably longer to download.
A 3Mb e-mail that I could retrieve in a couple of seconds with my fibre optic connection, now can take up to two minutes at some times during the day.
Since I have a high-speed internet connection, what is it with the severs in the USA that would cause such a delay for me to download my e-mail from them?
I would like to be able respond knowledgeably to the web hoster about this problem as their initial response was pathetic, and completely missed the point I was raising (they talked about size limits for sending e-mail, when I asked about downloading speed).
Thanks for any advice.