In a message dated 9/13/2006 8:34:57 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, JYoung6180@aol.com writes: Response time is slow and getting worse. It isn't just you--my problems haven't been as severe as yours but I definitely notice that response time is very slow compared to how it used to be. Perhaps because the "bring your own access" is now free the connections via TCP/IP are much slower. Joan I have been having severe connectivity problems. Fyi for anyone else, Aol has changed a few files lately. Make sure to go into your firewall and recheck program settings. Joyce