Never rely on your own speed. 30k is dam good if you ask me. I have cable and I'm lucky if I get 20k in Limewire. You are downloading off of fellow users and we got to go by their speed more than we go by our own. Thats just the way it works and there isnt a way to increase it. Limewire uses the gnutella network. Seems to me your going at top speed, I dont think I have ever dled at 30k!!!! Not in LW anyway.