You know guys Scott (nikhsub1) is right. For the information to go around the world, there are heaps of gates and routers for which it must pass, there will on occasions be some technical problems that one cannot readily resolve.
However, by and large the response time of the forum for posting messages is very fast.
So please be patient. Sometimes, if the forum is not going fast you just need to give it a little time for the connection to 'heal' or recover.
Nevertheless it is always interesting to hear your comments and advices which are most welcome