Guest & Malcolm- I am using Web TV (ADSL) and I have no problems reading threads up to around 100-120 posts.However, I feel Guest is correct when he states that I will have little if anything to contribute to an acedemic thread, I believe the member that has problems reading threads more than 40 posts long is McGraths friend greg stevens, who I feel could have something useful to contribute to such a thread, as I know from chatting to him via PM's that he is very knowledgeable about about folk songs and their history, but is currently unable to contribute much due to the limitations of his system (cable TV & NTL Digibox).

John from hull