>Doesn't this bring us back to the SQL Connection pool issue already discussed? Bear in mind that there will be a connection pool for each connection configuration. But even if you were not using pooling the delay seems excessive.
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>Do you have your own instance of SQL Server? If not then other sites using that instance may be affecting the workload....
>Maybe it's just an intermitent networking problem?

I am the only one using it. As Rick mentioned, maybe it is related to a low performance server. But, this is a pattern that happens all the time. I haven't checked yet the connection pool issue. But, if that is the default, then it is there.