Hi there Now running stable11, but it was happening with stable5, too. If I'm using the proxy server, downloads will come down the pipe at a maximum speed of about 235KB/sec. If I bypass the proxy and download direct, on the same workstation I see speeds closer to what I should be getting with a DS3, in the MB/sec range. The OS squid runs on is OpenBSD 3.5. I am not using delay_pools. pf is running on the machine. I know this isn't a squid limitation or a problem with the machine itself - if something is actually cached by squid, it comes down at local lan speeds. Also, I can download a zillion files all running at 235KB/sec on the same workstation. Has anyone seen anything like this before?