you know I keep saying this over and over again: it does not matter how fast you go but how fast the host allows you to go when downloading. your speed doesnt matter for a hill of beans. Personally dsl sucks for speed. I download music files in under two minutes if its cable to cable downloads. you can have a T1 and if you're downloading off a modem you cant go any faster than then host will allow you too. its computer to computer not network to network. so to get disgruntled over your own speed is a waste of time in my opinion. Some days I dl at 30k at other days I download at 1k. I avoid modem users at all costs when I download a music file. and if you're behind a firewall then you're screwed unless you reconfig it. Do yourselves a favor and forget your speeds when downloading off a P2P network.