I am experiencing page-loads on the site of up to five minutes per page, and a current average of about four minutes per page. Because of this, until I track down the problem with my connection, I am going to be very, very scarce in the community. If you need to get in touch with me, please DO NOT use the community Private Message system — I’m not checking PMs right now. Use the e-mail link.
Note also that due to the double deadline (Midnight Rain proposal revision, plus Talyn first draft,) I’m reading all my mail, but not answering any writing questions via e-mail (and responding to very little e-mail of any sort). I’ll keep checking the main discussion board — ask any writing questions you may have there. If I miss them, the other writers in the community will be able offer some help.
Did you replace the phone line to the computer? This sounds just like the problem I had with the old computer. We swore it was the Internet Service, and then the computer dying. Turned out the phone cord had gotten old. When it happened again, we found it had been chewed on by little kitty teeth…
In both cases the phone itself still worked even the time it went through the computer.