[CedarDave]

It must be a nightmare on a dial up!.

It is...

A lot of us in "fly-over country" only have dial-up service, and many can't get higher than 37K. If FR is trying to get rid of us by going to a forum program that has lots of bells and whistles, but takes forever to load, this will do it. And "fly-over" country is where FR's conservative base resides.

JIM AND JOHN: DON'T DO THIS TO US!!!

[ArneFufkin]

only have dial-up service, and many can't get higher than 37K

So, you don't want that streaming feed from Amsterdam?

[Drew68]

A lot of us in "fly-over country" only have dial-up service, and many can't get higher than 37K.

That sums it up for me. I'm speeding if I can get 48.8k. I've learned to navigate the site but I can't do anything about the speed. And downloading a self-search or a latest threads is akin to watching ice freeze.

FR used to be one of the fastest sites (2nd on my computer only to google). Now it is slooow.

People with high-speed connections are complaining about this. Think about us poor hillbillies with dial-ups!

[EggsAckley]

Ditto on the Dial-up thing. There is no way I can get anything BUT dial-up where I am, and to make matters worse, the phone lines deliver about 27,000 to my 56K modem. A lot of the "kiddie" hightech websites are out of range for people like me, (not that I care), but I'd hate to be shut out of FR because the high-techies have taken over, with every bell and whistle they can put in.......sigh