Dennis:
Go to "Start," "Run" and type in CMD.
At the DOS prompt that opens up, type tracert
www.nodiatis.com
You're looking for the ms (millisecond) numbers. Any three digit number is bad. Unless the high numbers are at the end of the list, the lag isn't being caused by the Nod server.
I just ran one, and from me to the Nod server, the highest I got was 57.
TJ