> i'd like to be able to have a user download a test file of about 1MB and > then have the results of the download reported in some fashion (SQL, email, > resulting page or all of the above). You should be able to configure your web server to include the time in the log file (which you can then parse). If you're using Apache, have a look at this: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_log_config.html#formats What you're looking for is %T. Take care, Hendrik