Here's my ping of both the main site, and the members area server from the midwest US:
Pinging frenchtickling.com [216.79.36.48] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 216.79.36.48: bytes=32 time=42ms TTL=110
Reply from 216.79.36.48: bytes=32 time=43ms TTL=110
Reply from 216.79.36.48: bytes=32 time=43ms TTL=110
Reply from 216.79.36.48: bytes=32 time=43ms TTL=110
Ping statistics for 216.79.36.48:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 42ms, Maximum = 43ms, Average = 42ms
Pinging 81.80.187.177 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 81.80.187.177: bytes=32 time=200ms TTL=235
Reply from 81.80.187.177: bytes=32 time=199ms TTL=235
Reply from 81.80.187.177: bytes=32 time=315ms TTL=235
Reply from 81.80.187.177: bytes=32 time=292ms TTL=235
Ping statistics for 81.80.187.177:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 199ms, Maximum = 315ms, Average = 251ms
It appears that the members area server is what needs a speed boost. It's almost 10 times slower to respond than the rest of the site.
Hope this helps,
Steve