In a message dated 9/16/2006 7:15:38 P.M. Central Daylight Time, Sugarfoot1@aol.com writes: The UK is having similar problems? YIKES!!!! That alone tells me for sure its an AOL problem like I suspected and not with Charter. ***** Julee, I never ever have the problems that you describe, and I've been with AOL for years. When I lived in a large city some years back, occasionally I would get cut off from AOL. It didn't happen often at all. Now that I'm outside the city, almost "out in the country", it never happens. I believe that it is something other than AOL causing your problems, but I am certainly not an expert. Good luck to you. Velma