FTP client on KDE

I have been using ncftp in a konsole to throw files around but I have been
having problems with posting binary files (images) to my personal site at my
ISP. It just stops the transmission and sits for a while before timing out.

1. Is there some setting or command variation I must use to handle binary
files correctly?

2. Perhaps it is time to look at a GUI ftp client. gftp does not count since
I don't have gnome installed. Any recommendations?

Alan