I've got an issue where a client who is using a modem (yes. really, in 2009, aol too) is uploading a document from an application i've been developing an maintaining. Sometimes, however, the webserver appears be timing out or something after a while. Since i have production and development areas, and no real phone line in my office, I decided to start writing a quick LWP based testing simulation... ... but i don't see any way to slow it down. is a socket and sleep my best option? POCO::HTTP maybe? Any other good hacks?