Why is the site so slow?

that people who hate the site are still here long enough to write to a forum on this site explaining why they don't like the site! Like anything on the web with size, it comes down to the bandwidth and amount of users at any time. In Australia not much can be done about the infrastructure to increase speed, which is pretty pathetic in most places, excepting perhaps spots in Melb,Syd and Brissy. If you want a fast site, mine is real quick. Probably because it only gets a couple thousand hits a year, as opposed to the sheer size of this one. :-) Nev It's the simple things stupid...