I live in Singapore but am on a DSL line, and the Board instantly 9 times out of 10. I suspect the problem lies either with most people's ISP's, PC's and/ or modem connection speeds. However, elsewhere in the site (I think under FAQ's), Bob posts summary visitor statistics. I had a look a couple of months back and was amazed at the number of hits per day (thousands). The Board has enormous and growing popularity, and maybe Bob's server gets bogged down during prime viewing times even if you're on a fast machine w/ a big pipe. (I don't have this problem being in a time zone 16 hours away!)

But on the topic of changes noticed since the new format was launched, the printing is now very light. Still legible, but the 'old style' was darker. Any way of increasing the amount of black in the printed words, Bob? Thanks.