hi
i have the same problem i used to get great download speed i have a 2 meg connection but as of late download have been very poor infact unusable i have re installed and tried on another pc it is as though something or someone is leeching my connection . one other thing i have noticed is that the indicator of how many people are connected used to vary each time i ran bearshare (as you would expect ) but now it always shows exactly the same amount of users day or night . to my point it has nothing to do with your firewall as i have tried every possible connection and variation of settings all to no avail my assumption is something or someone has found a way to spoil bearshare (in a way i am gladf someone else has this problem as i thought someone had found a way to hack my router )
anyone else experienced this poor download speed

mal