Not to derail this thread any further with my my comments, but no joking here. Since 2009 I have lived in 6 different locations (and as such, have had 4 different ISPs) and owned 6 different systems (Including a couple of laptops).
"When I open the storage terminal, it takes up to 30 seconds until the inventory is displayed.
If I enter a building, it can take up to 30 seconds before the inventory or other avatars are displayed."
These issues have been persistant throughout all of the above. I can´t say for sure that it has always taken THAT long on all systems, but it has always been slow enough for me to think "I can´t believe they haven´t done something about this in all these years"
I just chalked it up to poor programming and assumed it wasn´t a priority, with all the other issues the game has.