for several days now, both on my laptop at home and on other peoples machines, elsewhere in the area, i have found it almost impossible to use hotmail. It seems that every time i try to carry out a task, whether it is opening an email or sending one, i lose connection with hotmail-- including losing the email i have just typed. sometimes i get a very small window of opportunity and i think "maybe its fixed now" and as soon as  i do that the connectivity goes again.
I have carried out all the suggestions i have seen in the forum for clearing and cleaning the machine and its history, i have signed in using various browsersand nothing has restored hotmail to its previously trouble free performance.
is this a local issue ? it cannot be merely my laptop as it has happened on other machines i have tried.or is it possible that my account is corrupted in some way ?

i would rather keep the account that i have for a range of reasons but is this loss of connectivity going ot be a constant problem from now on?
i have just remembered something which may be relevant. i have btinternet plus security and a recent mcaffee update made it impossible for me to get onto the internet. so the internet plus security had to be uninstalled ( i still have the Mcaffee though) . this problem with hotmail seems to have started round about that time. might there be a link do  you think?