especially in the shout box   

not being home at the time of this post, i can't say i'd noticed. however i've looked over the server utilisation graphs for last night and nothing seemed to be out-of-the-ordinary, if i wanted a better way of putting it.
i have been told recently by the provider that they've been doing some router stuff, not sure what about though. there may have just been an issue with the uplink from the server to the net (hence why i wouldn't see anything).
stuff like that's usually very temporary though =)