Hi michwayne,
If your getting 6KB/s download speed with a dialup connection your right about where you should be. You probably have a 56k connection, that speed is in kilobits. Limewire shows speeds in kilobytes, they're 8bits to 1 byte, so a download speed of 6KB/s(Kilobytes) is equal to 48kb/s(kilobits). Some of your bandwith is used for overhead(messages it has to send back and fourth to get the file).
Try doing a couple speed tests to see what type of speeds you can expect:
Speed Test Internet Speed Test DSL Speed Test Broadband Speed Test Bandwidth Speed Test Broadband Speedtest on ZDNet UK
Follow Grandpa's tips in this thread for setting up LW to work best with a dialup connection:
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/connec...tml#post175733