I switched to Ragtime at around 5pm EST as I was experiencing similar problems to kat. I don't understand this one as others seem to have had no problems using the normal Mudcat. As MMario has suggested, local conditions are always a possibility but I fail to see why they should only effect one of the 2 servers at Mudcat - it's a mystery but not to worry, I still got to read Mudcat and whatever the problem was, it has cleared now.

Jon