Thanks for the replies, confirms (my hopes) that the webhosting \ database server reacts very well from wherever it may be accessed.
For the record, 'we' are located in Denmark. Not that location matters anymore, as the main international internet connections have reached galactic speeds. And locally, what a difference from when it all started, not that many years ago, many here surely remember the exhilaration of discoveries using 128kb (or even 28kb) dial-up :O)