I have a solution for how to get limewire working with tiscali, but not everyone is going to like it (I've only just found this out, as I am a LW newbie, only been running for 4 days).

Ok, the solution is this: DON'T TRY TO CONNECT IN THE EVENINGS! I have only once (the first time) managed to do it, but all other times I have connected, I have tried in the morning. As I am disabled / housebound it's not a problem for me, and I can run limewire all day long until the evening, when my connection drops away to nothing.

This may not be official policy, it may even only be a temporary effect, but it's been true the last 4 days. I don't know what the cause is (it might be just 'one of those things', like I could never use RapidShare when I was with another ISP, but with tiscali I can).

Gotta be worth a try though - have a quick go before you go to work, see if I'm right.