Hi Stief,

Thanks for the reply I''ve got a message into shaw right now, just waiting for a reply. They usually have a backlog. I'm also wondering if the network is just plain bogged down. My connection has been faulty since I switched to them. It seems that around certain peak time i.e. viewing times for TV , the internet network just stalls. I'm going try to connect tonight really late and see if that is the problem, I'll also check out the port issue with Shaw and I've got an email into Limewire. I like your other idea, and if it isn't too complicated, I'd love to try it out. My email is jo33bd@yahoo.ca - I'm not sure how the messaging thing works here????