Too much static text in a flash movie clip makes it slow?

Hello...
First of all, I am new to flash. I have one pre-designed web site made entirely in flash. I have made a lot of modifications to the website, changing text, images, adding effects, text and all sorts of things. The navigation bar has 5 buttons. If you click on any button but the middle one ("Servicios"), all subpages load fast, however, if that "servicios" button is clicked, the display of that subpage is really slow. In that subpage there are 6 items that reveal additional text when the mouse rolls over them. I have tried removing the text and the subpage load fast. I have seen web sites with a LOT more content than mine and I think my problem is not the amount of text rather the way it shows. I have also removed all the effects and just try to load all the contents on that subpage and I still get a really slow subpage. Now, the design has two ways of loading those subpages. The first is by doing something like
_root.pages.pages2.gotoAndStop(_root.link);
which is executed when the main slideshow is running and a navigation button is pressed. The second one is something like
_root.pages.play();
which is executed when the main slideshow is NOT running and a navigation button is pressed. This pages.play() movieclip contains all subpages and the movieclip that is slow.
I hope I explained myself relatively well. Thanks in advance.
I have uploaded the SWF & FLA files compressed in a 7z format
http://hotfile.com/dl/90576224/39cd96c/GAP24_PureFlash.7z.html
Also I have a test host where I uploaded the website temporarily for testing purposes
http://www.gildemeister.com.ve/GAP24/
Thanks

Ok so it looks like you're referring to the method of placing a screenshot of the flv on the stage in front of the flv so that users don't notice that the flv loads more slowly than the other bitmaps on the stage, right?
yes
Looks like I'll have to do this (since embedding the flv in the main swf, which avoids the slow-to-show problem, is not recommended).
that's also correct (and it will make your entire swf load slower).
Thanks Kglad.
you're welcome.

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