It's not as though you're downlding from a site, you're downlding from other users (sources.) So you can only downld as fast as the sources will allow (available bandwidth & open slots.) The differences between LW Basic & Pro are only subtle. Yes you will get better searches noticeable when searching for rarer material. You downld at 20-50 KB/s the fastest right, well that's faster than I can downld/upload. I can downld at 27 KB/s & upload at 7 KB/s but my upld is set a little lower than this so I can browse. So remember not everyone has super fast connections (many still use dial up which is a combined upld/downld tally of about 7 KB/s.) But you need to use your skills to choose the files with most sources for good speeds, etc. See the following link & follow “ALL” the off-shoot links to find hints & extra skills to help: To continue files downlding (click on link) (Pro can downld from 10 sources/file whereas Basic only 8.) The name of the game is to find sources & as many as possible & hopefully reliable ones. Stars represent their connection reliability chances.)