Hey Bighomedog,
Is AIM your ISP? Could be that they are having problems and that it isn't you. I can't remember from your other posts, are you running XP SP2? I recall that there were some problems with AIM in regard to that.
Has this just started? Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling AIM?
Just an aside, you should check out the info Joe has posted about
Security Firm Warns of IM Worm "Chode-D" Make sure your protected. If you want to read the article go here
http://www.pchelpforum.com/component.../topic,1942.0/
Looking forward to hearing back from you
TTFN
T