As of this morning, the situation has improved considerably. My DSL connection to FT Forum is a lot faster than yesterday.

I hope that I didn't misfire on the software engineers who designed FT web site.

Still, as some friend indicated, I enjoy the simplicity of NW products, such
as EUA (true FC upgrades, not like CO's EUA that would never come in many situations). BTW, NW's FC, although without leather seats or other fancy entertainment systems, does get me from point A to B predictably. I can count on an upgrade 95% of the time. Unlike other carriers, NW does not play sneaky "enhancement" games