Don't you have more than two POP3 servers (in the same location), Google?
What happened to all the "dark fiber" and datacenters you have? Or the plans of becoming an ISP? </sarcasm>
Or perhaps I should be thankful that it even works in the first place, andgrumble at people who send 11 MB emails use the equally slow web interface wait for it to sort itself out.
Edit: proof that the web interface is just as slow:
8 93 ms 96 ms 91 ms p16-0-2-0.r21.tokyjp01.jp.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.12.241] 9 202 ms 202 ms 201 ms p64-2-1-0.r21.sttlwa01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.4.185] 10 200 ms 202 ms 197 ms if-1-0.core1.SEP-Seattle.Teleglobe.net [207.45.196.33] 11 202 ms 210 ms 199 ms if-7-0.core2.SEP-Seattle.Teleglobe.net [207.45.196.37] 12 209 ms 207 ms 213 ms 66.110.64.6 13 257 ms 256 ms 255 ms if-7-0.core1.CT8-Chicago.teleglobe.net [66.110.27.5] 14 495 ms 436 ms * ix-8-1.core1.CT8-Chicago.teleglobe.net [66.110.27.26] 15 405 ms 406 ms * 66.249.95.249 16 442 ms * * 66.249.94.127 17 429 ms 422 ms 423 ms 216.239.43.118 18 417 ms 435 ms 430 ms nz-in-f111.google.com [64.233.163.111]
Or perhaps I should be thankful that it even works in the first place, and
Edit: proof that the web interface is just as slow:
8 107 ms 94 ms 94 ms p16-0-2-0.r21.tokyjp01.jp.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.12.241] 9 203 ms 208 ms 208 ms p64-2-1-0.r21.sttlwa01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.4.185] 10 198 ms 197 ms 200 ms if-1-0.core1.SEP-Seattle.Teleglobe.net [207.45.196.33] 11 204 ms 204 ms 206 ms if-12-0.core1.SQN-SanJose.teleglobe.net [66.198.97.21] 12 207 ms 203 ms 205 ms Vlan3.msfc1.SQN-SanJose.Teleglobe.net [64.86.82.194] 13 442 ms * 378 ms Vlan154.msfc1.SQN-SanJose.teleglobe.net [209.58.3.6] 14 * 380 ms * 66.249.94.2 15 * 378 ms 367 ms 66.249.94.226 16 386 ms 371 ms 376 ms 216.239.49.2 17 381 ms 367 ms * cw-in-f83.google.com [216.239.57.83] 18 376 ms 365 ms 379 ms cw-in-f83.google.com [216.239.57.83]