Hum, well, the change doesn't seem to be helping much, thus far anyway. On my first log in today, Firestorm Support English never opened for me (and it is never quiet for very long). Last night, I was getting dropped posts there. However on my log in a short while ago, it did open. Similarly, 2-3 days ago, another group I belong too, a small one (66 members) was inaccessible to everyone who tried. It threw errors on trying to open it. Yesterday however, it was just fine.
I get that this is a non-trivial issue - I offer the above purely as information.