Wkrelease@aol.com writes: >> It seems like it happens in the evening between 6-10:30 pm. Here in California I find the slowest time is in the morning. By evening it is much faster, so I can only conclude it is the number of people logged on that causes the slowdown. Once almost everyone is asleep - except for those of us on the west coast - things are as they have always been. This isn't new since the reduction in rates and the free access though, it has been this way for most of this year. Barbara San Francisco Bay Area