Thanks for the response Carlo.

On 30/03/2012, at 8:27 AM, cm wrote:

> Hi John,
> 
> I was a bit suspicious of the solution because you said you had tried Firefox 
> and it also had a problem. So it was not clear to me why two different 
> browser would have a problem at the same time.
> 
> If it is a problem with Lion that slows down internet connections you would 
> be the first one to find such. So I guess I have a couple of questions that 
> may help identify the source (or not).
> 
> Are, in fact, both Safari and Firefox slow on your Lion installation?
Yes.  But Safari is slightly slower that Firefox
> 
> Are either slow on a Snow Leopard installation if you still have one?
I have Snow Leopard on my Macbook and both browsers work fine
> 
> Try connecting you MacBook Pro up to someone else's internet / router and see 
> if the problem persists.
That could be difficult as I don't have access to another router and my main 
computer is a MacMini, not a Macbook Pro.

Thanks

John
> 
> Cheers,
> Carlo
> 
> On 30/03/2012, at 8:05 , John Thompson wrote:
> 
>> Well, that didn't work for long.  Turned the computer on this morning and 
>> back to the same old problem.  Tried with my Macbook running SL and all 
>> worked just fine.  Can't help think it is something to do with Lion.  Have 
>> had no end of little problems since installing same.
>> 
>> John
>> On 29/03/2012, at 4:33 PM, John Thompson wrote:
>> 
>>> Sorry Ronni,
>>>     That should have read Safari Preferences/Privacy, not Security.
>>> 
>>> John
>>> On 29/03/2012, at 12:28 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi John,
>>>> 
>>>> I’m a bit concerned what Data did Primus ask you to clear in Safari 
>>>> Preferences > Security?
>>>> Safari Preferences > Security has your settings for ‘Fraudulent Sites’ & 
>>>> Web content: Enable plug-ins, Java, JavaScript & Block pop-up windows.
>>>> 
>>>> Empty Cache and Reset Safari are under Safari (in Menu bar).
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Ronni
>>>> 
>>>> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
>>>> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
>>>> 
>>>> OS X 10.7.3 Lion
>>>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 29/03/2012, at 12:01 PM, John Thompson wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Further to my earlier post.  On information from my server (Primus) I 
>>>>> have cleared the data stored in Safari Preferences/Security.
>>>>> 
>>>>> All works fine now
>>>>> 
>>>>> John
>>>>> On 29/03/2012, at 10:54 AM, John Thompson wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Good Morning List,
>>>>>>  Hopefully someone may have an answer.  Just recently (in the last week 
>>>>>> actually) when clicking on web URL's the spinning sun goes on in Safari 
>>>>>> for quite some time. up to three or more minutes at times, before the 
>>>>>> site activates.  I have also tried Firefox.
>>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> John Thompson
>>>>>> WAMUG #861
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Mac Mini
>>>>>> 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
>>>>>> 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
>>>>>> Mac OS X 10.7.3
>>>>>> jet...@iprimus.com.au
>>>>>> Mail 5.2
>>>>>> Safari 5.1.4
>>>>>> Firefox 11.0
>>>>>> 
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