Hey rubyknight,I was hired to develop a e-commerce site for http://dibor.co.uk last year.Although i had a few glitches at first as it was my first big e-commerce job, ASP actually handled everything better than i expected.I used stored procedures to block out attempts to run sql injections and to help speed up big querys.As far as the speed on a 56k modem i couldnt tell you, but what i can tell you is that the customers of dibor.co.uk are mainly mature older adults who live in rural areas where i would be surprised if many of them had broadband. To my knowledge there has been no complaints recieved about speed.So as for your question, is asp, sql sufficient for e-commerce ? my answer is Yes !