Different "response times"

[Peterson]

I have very different response times for my orders (placing and cancelling bets). They range between 190ms up to 4000ms. I had over 8 seconds sometimes for cancelling bets.
The response time is important to me, as I am trading inplay.
Untill today I was thinking the issue is caused by my VPS, but as BA didnt work this morning, I was trading via the Betfair site directly and I never had response times over 500ms. Therefore it has to be related to the BA/API.
Does anyone have suggestions how I can get stable response times?

[GaryRussell]

The API has been having problems today including a complete outage. Prior to the outage bet placement was slow. The API status page says there are still problems with bet placement so I would expect slow response times and maybe complete failure to place bets at the moment.

How long have you been having this issue? I can only account for today.

[Peterson]

Thank you for your answer.
I am having this issue for months. I thought the problem was my VPS, but after trading with the betfair site , I realised the problem is related to the API/BA.

[Peterson]

Has anyone got an idea what I can do to get consistent low response times? It is costing me a lot lately.