Hi folks, tried Firefox it works 10 to 20x faster than figures at the start of this thread mostly nearer 20x even late afternoon UK time.
This is much like the access speeds I used to get with IE6, so what has broken, or rather why ask, it works that's good enough for me.
Must admit I like the status information which still tells me I wait a short while for Auctiva to respond, should be quick enough not to see that message
Anyway thanks for the info