I had trouble with slow typing on Cubits about 4 hours ago, it took forever for the type to show but later was OK. I had the same problem a few days ago when cmailing although it didn't take quite so long for the type to show. I must have waited 30 seconds today! Other sites were OK.
Karen, have you tried clearing your cookies? I did that recently and things improved, I was having some freeze ups. Go to Internet Options, if you can't find it you should have a Help and Support in the start menu to search for 'Delete Internet cookies'