Hello! I've been enjoying everyone's comments on the connectivity problems but am sad to see that a lot of us have the same problems. I've been quite busy lately and to respond to each persons comments individually would be a bit time consuming, so I've done the ol copy/paste and will add my 2 cents worth in this one email. I have PC-cillin Internet Security 2006. Where would i find and recheck the program settings? When I click on 'Network Security' then 'Personal Firewall', it only gives me options on what type of security I want/need: Direct Connection, Home Network, Office Network and Wireless Network. For some reason, I cannot locate where I would check the AOL files. I also get booted offline a few times a night and 8 out of 10 times it will restart, which isnt too bad I guess. It's just frustrating to have to sit and wait till it reconnects me. I have Charter Cable for dsl/broadband and when I do finally get signed on, each and every time, aol, at the top of the screen IMMEDIATELY says: 'Not responding'. This happens a few times per session that I am online also. Theres nothing worse than to try to send an email or get into a website, get the 'not responding' and have to sit and wait and wait and wait. The UK is having similar problems? YIKES!!!! That alone tells me for sure its an AOL problem like I suspected and not with Charter. It could be that the slow downs getting anywhere online is due to the amount of people online at the same time I am online. That only used to happen to me around 10pm every night when I figured that people were checking their email before going to bed, BUT, that was when I was using dialup about 3 yrs ago. It kind of makes me wonder what I am paying for. I thought it was for the speed but I'm not seeing any still after doing all those '1 click fixes'. I have tried calling AOL but each of the 15 or so tries since this has started, I keep getting India. Sorry, but I don't want to talk to anyone over there as I cant understand them and they have given me some very VERY incorrect instructions/directions on a problem I had in the past. I refuse to talk to them. Maybe I will try again tonight and see what someone over here has to say....... 'good news film at 10?'. I'll post again if I get any decent answers! Julee In a message dated 9/14/2006 2:07:08 A.M. Central Standard Time, Sdgirljoyce@aol.com writes: 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 From: Wkrelease@aol.com Subject: [AOL-RW] re.Is AOL on overload with now being 'free' To: aolers-rootsweb@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <1bf.3b60f180.323a4afd@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Question was: Is AOL on overload with now being 'free' I've been with AOL for more than 10 years. I've noticed that every once is a while it may take a few seconds longer to get on, but its not that bad. However, I do get booted off occasionally but AOL restarts me right away. It seems like it happens in the evening between 6-10:30 pm. I dont think this is just a problem for the listers in America, because i have similar problems here in the UK however not as severe as the original poster. I am on mac aol 10 When signing on regular dsl my aol software crashes within a few minutes. I have no problems accessing aol thru safari. Anybody know what is happening? Any suggestions? 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 I'm also having problems. I get a (Not Responding) notice at the top of my AOL window at least half a dozen times a day -- sometimes more. ~~~ The more I learn about terrorism, the more I understand the phone company~~~