My connection is definiteley not asynchronous as a matter of fact my signal has a delay of about 100-300 ms due to the distance to the satellite and back down to earth. I also read some where that Gnutella utilizes VPN technology does anybody know if this is true? I install Starband systems in New Mexico and I have had to tell a couple of clients that the system wont support VPN. If this is the case I may have to deal with intermitant connections.