> the old VPS was located on the East coast of the States, and the new one is located on the West coast > Ubuntu 14.04 on the first one, while it is a fully up

> the old VPS was located on the East coast of the States, and the new one is located on the West coast > Ubuntu 14.04 on the first one, while it is a fully updated 16.04 now Oh yes, what a completely fair and unbiased measure of response-time improvements, much like extolling the virtues of moving from apples to oranges.