>Is anybody else's access to AWAD slow as molasses these days.

Tee hee. If you are on the board when the largest on-line population in the world is fast asleep it is wonderfully fast. Ya'll sleeping at the wrong time - you should be here in your wee small hours with me, the Kiwis and MrB.

Have a look at this to see the size of the problem:
http://www.internettrafficreport.com/