gitit, I'm having the same issues, and I'm pretty sure it's not on my end as I have no problems with other websites, and I have tried internet explorer, chrome, and firefox, all with the same results. It takes me minimum twice as long as any video lasts for it to even load, and right now I have had a video loading (Caren Armstrong, Speed of the Sound of Loneliness, video #3) for over an hour, and it's still at 0.00 with the spinning ring thing still spinning. The first two videos in the series loaded slowly but they at least loaded. I love this site, but when the slowness of the videos makes me feel like throwing my computer out the window, it's hardly worth it, so unless the remainder of my trial period goes better, I can't justify spending money on this.