Do you remember seeing the forum rules? Check back & tell us what it says for people with connection problems. :) We cannot help without those details. ;) lol it is so so obvious when people 'deliberately' skip past the forum rules despite it being 'in their faces' before their first post, and had to scroll past the forum rules to see this page. Here is an example of what you saw on this page before posting.

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