This is one of the biggest nights for FR. Everyone is on, resulting in a bottleneck that slows traffic.
AND BEFORE you complain the FR should get better equipment, this same bottleneck happens to even YOUTUBE when a video is very popular.
It also slowed down yesterday after Rush announced his cancer.
Big difference between the number of people on YouTube and those on FR. No comparison.
Seems like the FR servers should be able to handle a very busy night without this huge slowdown. Regardless, I love FR and will continue donating (wish I could afford to give more).