I noticed, too. But as long as it keeps working I can deal with it. A few days ago everything was working like it was wired to a local LAN. THAT lasted about an hour for me. Apparently we've got a seriously fast pipe that someone is putting a lot of resources into clogging.
TODAY was the day to listen closely to the Bill O'Reilly segment. He riffed off the Gervais talk at a VERY serious level.