Trade District

This is my gripe, and I don't know if anyone else suffers from it. Ever since the introduction of the billboards in trade, I can no longer enter it without a 3 minute zone time or AO simply freezing. I used to LIVE in trade, but now, I can't even enter if I need to. I made the mistake of trying to enter it today, and had to restart ao 3 times to get it to load. (restarting the computer didn't help any) It could be me, it could be the game, but here's what I'm using so you can tell me for sure one way or the other.
pentium 3 455mhz
126 mb ram
radeon 7000 (64 mb) video card
56k modem
Anyway, I just want an answer.

Reaper