Sorry for not replying b4 now. Homecall/Pipex manage web traffic (P2P) during peak hours - seems to be all weekend and from 4pm till midnight weekdays!!. Based in Scotland and connection is meant to be 5Mb, but in reality, nowhere near it! Got a (supposedly) slow 512kbs account at work which allows all P2P traffic and actually downloads files faster than this piece of @@@@ account. Any help would be greatly appreciated.