Perfformance issue with SQL Queries involving more than one blob field

I am running into a performance problem with an Informix database using text blobs. The issue is queries that include text blobs are REALLY slow even when they don't contain any data. It seems to be a networking issue somehow because the server is in another state and the performance issue only happens on this side of the network. I have read post about place blob fields on a separate physical drive to increase performance. Could this be the case. Is there any low level Informix call I can make to speed up the Query. In most instances, this is a simple SELECT statement. Thanks for your assistance. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.