Rich - I've been keeping a mental note on the problems, and I've noticed it is definatly worst just before I go to work, lunch time, and early evening. It speeds up during the "quiet hours". I can only assume it must be some sort of bandwidth problem, or there is too many people tryimg to access the site, or other site using the same server maybe. This could be what is slowing it down.
I think I would definatly pay an annual subscription to the site if it went towards paying for better access to it -(big hint for you there, John)