I wonder how much of your problem is hardware vs network speed. How much bandwidth do you have? I typically use hardware for many years (~5), but in the last fe

I wonder how much of your problem is hardware vs network speed. How much bandwidth do you have? I typically use hardware for many years (~5), but in the last few years things have plateaued to the point where I don't see nearly as much difference between hardware from today compared to five years ago.