>Hmm, some thread has a higher priority status? You had the browser minimized, but it was doing a refresh when you started your test? It's a full moon?< bg >

We run Lotus Notes here for e-mail. I like to blame all our problems on Notes. Notes is a memory pig, so I tried again with that loaded, but I still got fast results. However, for now, I will still blame Notes. It must have been doing something in the background without my knowledge. :)