Let me start by pointing out the irony of the Limewire developers asking for money because they all worked so hard developing this original code -- code we use to FREELY download the hard work of others.

What has happened lately? The service used to be terrific. A few weeks ago I could easily find and load what I was looking for. I share about 2000 songs via a DSL connection so I like to think I'm doing my part. Haven't been able to get anything for about 2 weeks now. Searches come back with plenty of results, but the queries run indefineately as they attempt to load up the music. It's as if suddenly everyone closed off their ports or severly decreased the bandwith Limewire uploads are allowed to consume.

Any reason we can identify for the sudden degradation in service? I've even paid for PRO thinking it would be better and that I could lose the money if it toally sucked out. Oh well, I guess I'll go back to buying CDs and ripping them for myself.

Cheers,