My connection is at max. I do have the latest IE. but as its been said I'm in the boonies, on a farm. I understand the need for the change, GO FOR IT, but I'm on one other site similar to this one for Fiber Arts, they just hit the 2 Mill. member mark, that site runs great, yes there are ads (I know you need them) but its not 1/3 of the page, of that 1/3, 1/2 are java (moving) that's what killing this site. those of us in the country have either dial up or are on the tail end of the system. We just can't handle those moving/changing ads on our connections