I WISH I KNEW LITTLE MORE ABOUT YOUR SYSTEM. WHO IS YOUR ISP? HAVE YOU DUMPED YOUR INTERNET CACHE? IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THIS CONTACT YOUR ISP AND ASK THEM. IF YOUR JUST ONLINE LISTENING TO THE RADIO OR SOMETHING DOES YOUR SYSTEM LOSE IT'S CONNECTION WITH YOUR ISP? I CAN TELL YOU WHAT I HAD TO DO WHEN I WAS EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. I HAD A TELEPATH MODEM THAT CAME WITH MY SYSTEM ABOUT 3+ YEARS AGO 56K. I HAD TO GO OUT AND FIND MY MODEMS WEBSITE AND SEE IF THERE WASN'T AN UPGRADE DRIVER FOR IT AND THERE WAS. I DELETED MY CURRENT MODEM DRIVER AND DOWNLOADED THE NEW WIN/98 UPGRADE. I AM RUNNING WINDOWS MELLENIUM AND THERE WASN'T A DRIVER FOR THAT PERSE, BUT JUST A 98 UPGRADE. I DOWNLOADED IT AND IT WORKED. I ALSO DELETED GLOBAL.ORG IN AMERICA'S ONLINE SOFTWARE 6.0. IF YOUR ON A MODEM YOU NEED TO INSTALL THE LATEST DRIVER POSSIBLE AND MAKE SURE YOUR INTERNET CACHE IS DUMPED AND I WOULD ALSO SET YOUR CACHE HIGH AT SAY 150MB FOR LARGER FILES, BUT MAKE SURE YOU CLEAR IT REGULARLY.

LEE THOMAS