I am also on talk talk and have the same problem i have used limewire before then switched to bearshare now im back with limewire and have changed my firewall settings, it will return searches and show it is connected (varies graetly in strenght, the icon at the bottom indicates). i have also noticed that when using bearshare at early hours of the morning it seems to work loads better i dnt know if this is due to hosts from other countrys coming online or if its somthing to do with talk talk limiting me during the day?? any1 got any ideas?