> In the past (8 months ago) the time taken to complete the 
> mirror was between 2 and 3 minutes. Now it is taking 20 
> minutes or more. Can eBay be causing this slowdown?
Err, if you did not change anything special (options, 
version, connection) this is possible that ebay if reducing 
its load by "slowing down" offline browsers. It is also 
possible that their cgi is having problems to handle more 
and more connections/auctions/whatever ..