More often than not I find myself an ultrapeer ... Gnutella decides not you. I have had a couple of problems recently with many peers attempting to connect in vain and my connection dropping of to almost zero, and I have dissabled ultrapeer capabilities in preferences/options temporarily. I think it is of benefit to the network rather than you to be an ultrapeer, although the title is rather cool, but as long the network needs you as an Ultrapeer it will use you. I think if there were no ultrapeers the network would not obe able to opperate. I may have this entirely wrong and if I have, please someone correct me