I wasnt sure what the max was so, I was close. You can get more hosts only if the hosts are online, that shouldnt be hard to understand. I have yet to download from 8 hosts, let alone 10/14 hosts. The most hosts Ive had at one time was 3! on Limewire anyway. If a million hosts had the same file but only 3 are on at the time, then 3, is all you're gonna get period. No matter what the max on the hosts are. That doesnt matter. what matters is if they are online or not to download from them. If the hosts are not active at the time, then, you can forget about downloading from them. .