This method of investigation is new to me, but I wonder if it's just people querying it more often as it's around the 10am mark?I don't want to get any hopes up if nothings gonna happen, but I've been monitoring the ping time of developer.apple.com and its usually 30ms. And now there is a lot of 130ms.... Maybe something is happening server side...
I have noticed that the software update check lasts longer around 10am, even when there isn't an update, and I've often wondered if it's because of people like me checking...