Marc,

Thank you for your reply.

I couldn't rule out network routing. I am based in the UK. Most of the time, the pages load more quickly AM GMT - i.e. when most US users are in bed! I have also done some Trace Route analysis and found that there are often bottlenecks on some of the Rackspace Servers with IP Addresses beginning 69.20 (I provided more details to John in my E Mail of 16th February).

However none of this would explain why the pages were loading normally before end 2008 and have slowed up during 2009. I certainly haven't changed any settings on either of my machines in the interim period. All my other Modelling Forum pages are also loading normally on both machines and some other UK users that I have spoken to have had similar experiences to me.

It is all a bit of a mystery.

I am a frequent user of RCU and I just wish that the pages would load with the same speed and consistency as they did up until the end of 2008.

In any event, thank you for responding so quickly to my posting.

Regards

R R Wasson