I have a high-speed connection so I know that THAT is not the problem, although it goes out from time to time...but that's another story.
As far as you're computer is concerned, you might Ctrl, Alt, Del (If using a PC), and close any "silently" running apps. Another thing I ALWAYS do is close
down ALL icons I have showing in the lower right corner on my screen. As I have quite a few on my computer, after firing it up from a cold start, I HAVE to
do this...or my computer bogs down big time. That said, I myself have witnessed problems with this site when others were working fine. I suspect its a server issue.
Sometime when it hangs, just closing that particular window and opening another helps.
Now, assuming I just told you something you already know?.......sorry, that's all I know....
Bourne