The IIS forums are some what of slow to load threads when compared to other vBulletin forums, but there isnt much in it. I visit a few forums and this is only a little slower than aveage. Mojo could always add something like
this hack if he was worried about page load times. Then again hacks arent always good!
Takes ~5 seconds to load at work (2/2mbit connection) and at home (1500/256 Internode).