Sharing can affect it. If you're uploading to other people then you should get better connection quality. Don't overdo the Resume button (if at all) b/c this has several side-fx. One is that it can affect LW's connection quality. You can still do searches with a low connection quality but the downld success AND the search results may both suffer.

See some hints: A well set-up LW can start to automatically continue its dwnlding after it's settled down perhaps 2 out of 3 times you open LW. Optimising LW & Maximising Uplds & Dwnlds A (1st post only) & also Part B which is even better & last & least are search & dwnld hints. The latter one I've been thinking about re-writing for some time. That's just for playing it safe. eg- I show all speeds & qualities.

eg: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...028#post116028