Odd delays when cwd is on a network mount

[Tobiah]

I have a directory mounted with sshfs over a 5mb connection.
It's quite usable under most circumstances.

When I run python from a directory under that mount, imports from local
directories are quite slow:

$ python2.7
>>> import my_module  ##  takes 25 seconds to complete
>>> my_module.__file__
>>> /local/dir/not/on/mount/my_module.py

When I do the same thing from my home directory
there is no delay.

$ wc -l /local/dir/not/on/mount/my_module.py
156 /local/dir/not/on/mount/my_module.py

Thanks for any help.


Tobiah