I am in the process of working on a mosaic site which will be used to help students design virtual museums. In talking with the campus internet guru he explained to me that my machine, which is off campus will be slow because one of the cable's which connects the machine to the main unix service is not fiber optic cable. It seems that if at any point along the line the connection is not fiber optic the whole transfer process is slowed down. I just thought I would put that out for what it's worth. Tim Daniels TD6560@[log in to unmask]