Misery loves company- so i'll join you in lamenting [gary] I've been operating at home with bellsout.net [now att.net] DSL and with XP as my operating system- I didn't have any problems browsing the web or getting e-mail. I bought a new [expensive ]laptop with vista premium and I can get e-mail but connecting to any webpage is a crap shoot!! It usually takes 2-3 minutes just to find a [or