C# - AppFabric DataCacheFactory Initialization Often Takes 30 Seconds?

When I initialize my client to connect to AppFabric's cache, it seems to inconsistently take up to 30 seconds to connect on the following line:

factory = new DataCacheFactory(configuration);

See full Init() code below - mostly taken from here.I say inconsistently because sometimes it takes 1 second and other times 27, 28 , etc ... seconds. I have an asp.net site using the AppFabric cache - which lives on a different box (on the same domain). Everything is working great, except for the inconsistent connection time. When it connects, its all good - I just need to get it to consistently connect in ~1 second :)

public static void Init()
{
if (cache == null)
{
Stopwatch sw = new Stopwatch();
sw.Start();

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