Been so slow and "hangs" I thought it might be that my provider had slowed down my speed access for some reason.

Phoned them, got the usual 20 mins on hold, and they got me to run the 3rd icon here as a speed test (which I imagine anyone can do?) :

http://www.users.bigpond.com/speedtest/default.htm

Agent told me my speed was at top end of their wireless broadband service promise, and that is the largest provider here.

Like those above, agree there is a curious slowness in recent weeks. And it is just FT, not anything else I visit.

Glen