Struggling with the speed of the API requests

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OpenAI API services are ran on a Tiered system with the top tiers on lower latency servers. Tiers are based on API spend and can be increased by purchasing credits and waiting the required period of time, details here:

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https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/rate-limits/usage-tiers?context=tier-free