Thanks Steif,
btw is that as in the teddy bear maker?
Turning the partial sharing on/off didnt really make a difference, ie the speeds remained the same, between 55-75 for the duration of both d/ls, both from 2 sources.
At one point it spiked to 81 which I dont really understand as I thought my theoretical max. was 75!!
I'm sorry but I dont really understand your other 2 suggestions, I'm not particularly in-depth with all this computer stuff.
The result of d/ling from the magnetmix website you suggested was surprising as I did not have the same problem I usually get from d/ling from a Limewire search... high initial and then slows right down!! Dont really understand why that should be the case.
I get this problem even when d/ling a quite popular file (anywhere from 5 - 25+ in the search on LW) held on DSL+ connections....