though not strictly on-topic, i wonder if there is all that difference in connectivity between a server hosted in europe and accessed from europe and one hosted in the US and accessed from europe
Yes there is, especially from the west coast. It always depends of course, for example I can get to Finland without any issue any time of day, but often have problems with .uk sites.
Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake
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