W3Research, I use dialup and was having the same problem.
What I did to get around it was to suppress the graphics.
If you click "Tools",
then click "My Settings",
you will see the option to "Display Embedded Graphics",
set it to No
and click "Save".
The graphics will not download when you pull up the board, there will be a link in place of the graphic that will allow you to download that particular graphic if you want to see it.