We've just switched to a new, dedicated server, which is hosted in Los Angeles about as close to China as we can get it without plunging the thing into the Pacific Ocean.

The server should be as fast if not faster than our old one for users in North America, but speed and reliability should be much better for anyone in Asia. We have a much more optimized connection on trans-Pacific networks to both Taiwan as well as mainland China. This has cut our own latency in more than half. Depending on how load goes, we'll also be experimenting with shifting some traffic back from S3 to this server, to avoid some of the streaming issues that free users have reported over time.

Our DNS records are currently changing to point to this new server. Until the changes fully propagate there may be issues with some of the APIs working (i.e. vocab submitted via browser plugins, etc.). It is also possible that there are still minor tweaks we need to make to our new server to get everything running perfectly. If you notice anything please let us know. Hopefully this makes for a better experience for everyone though. :)