Not able to wget to ftp server

Not able to wget to ftp server

I am trying to wget a ftp server from a remote machine. The command is not
getting past 'Logging in as anonymous'. This is what i am getting.
wget ftp://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg19/chromosomes/chr1.fa.gz
--2013-09-29 22:07:53--
ftp://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg19/chromosomes/chr1.fa.gz
=> 'chr1.fa.gz'
Resolving proxy.x.y.z... *.*.*.*
Connecting to proxy.x.y.z|*.*.*.*|:3128... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ...
When i try accessing the site by firefox from the remote machine, it works
fine. I have set my ftp proxy like this
export ftp_proxy="ftp://a.user:password@proxy:3128
Can anyone help me fix this problem?
Thanks