Something I have noticed lately, is that the page (any page) never stops loading. While I can get content to load, it's very slow.
Just for kicks, I loaded a typical page (picture of the day, in this case) and waited to see how long it took for the page to complete it's loading. I went and had a cup of coffee and a smoke...came back and looked: still loading. Then I went and watched a little TV (Bogart in Sahara) for a little bit, then came back and checked: still loading.
So after nearly an hour, the page was still "loading"...
Now, I load a page, wait for all the images (if there are any in the thread) and then cancel the load, so I can scroll quickly through the content. Annoying to have to do this, but what's the alternative?