Hi Joefuf.
I Just stumbled on this.
4. Optimum Online (particularly of Long Island) are totally blocking all p2p sharing!!!. See
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...=&pagenumber=1 for just one of many, many examples!!! It seems they are blocking ports. Go to LW's menu bar, Tools>Options>Advanced>Firewalls & change the listening port to one between 49152 - 65535. Press Apply. Then restart LW. Ports 64049 or 50012 seem good for this isp.