Have used LW for years (purchased Pro 2 weeks ago), using XP XP2 on Gateway. Noticed several months ago that I was no longer uploading to anyone. Have always been very careful to share, not cut off uploaders, etc., and had many users/uploaders that were repeat "customers" even though my connection speed would be considered prehistoric by most of the rest of the P2P world.

I am in a very rural area and definitely considered a "hostage" by my ISP provider (as in no choice, no options, no alternatives). Since I have made no changes to my LW preferences in regard to sharing or bandwidth, firewalls or antivirus software, should I assume my provider is somehow responsible?

I have not noticed any other changes in communication abilities or outgoing items.

I would detest being considered a freeloader or non-sharer, any suggestions how to fix within my own sytem settings or where to look in LW for the difficulty?