ok first up am not very good with computers but from what ive read on these forums it seems thay my limewire is the slowest in the world.i am usually downloadin from 8 hosts at between 1 - 8 KBS.so ive filled the answers to these questions and if anyone can help it would be very much appreciated.

1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98) WINDOWS XP SP2
2. What firewalls you have? WINDOWS FIREWALL TURNED OFF
3. How much ram? 512MB
4. Hard Disk space available? 7.8Gb
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) BROADBAND
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? NETGEAR DG834GT
7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.)? HOUSE
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version. LW 4.12.6 JAVA 1.5.0_09
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)? SKY BROADBAND
10. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there? YOUR TEST WORKED
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. 2 LAPTOPS CONNECTED TO THE ROUTER WIRELESSLY BUT USUALLY ONLY 1 USEIN LIMEWIRE AT A TIME
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? NO

by the way ive found this out as well incase it helps any...apparently my download speed is 4096Kbps and upload is 448Kbps