Are there any others experiencing this PAINFULLY slow d/l speed, it's slower than dial-up and almost a complete waste of time.....

does anyone have any suggestions?

I have trimmed the number down to 3 downloads and it still does not go above an aggregate speed of 4Kb/s.... and I have had close to a 100Kb/s in the past... has somebody flipped a switch? Has Gnutella gone t*ts up? What can be done...or does anyone have any alternatives?