Hopefully it isn't an isolated case, but it's certainly loading quicker for me at the moment. It wasn't a constant thing though, so it's difficult to say. One thing I WILL say though, is that I can access private messages as quickly as I can the rest of the forum now... and even when the forum was running quickly for me lately, the private messages were still sitting with the page half loaded, waiting for more information. That alone is a huge difference. I'll check the forum as regularly as I can so I'll get a better gauge for whether it's a constant.
Thanks!