Making an initial connection using cfftp (using action="open") seems to be taking between 9-10 seconds... The full message was posted on Allaire coldfusion forum this morning. http://forums.allaire.com/coldfusion/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=233712 Thanks --- Bimal Shah (Senior Web Developer) (T) 020 7240 5858 (F) 020 7240 5859 (E) bimal at venus.co.uk Venus Internet Limited http://www.venus.co.uk