It's possible to see ~10 connections, or at least unskilled users think they do: When you start netstat or a similar tool you see many connections, closed or half closed. Kayaman is right (of course hehe), the problems are users which can install colored network sniffer but don't know how to interpret the results, TCP states, protocols. Unregistered, please install any other Gnutella client to feel similar experience and please stop badmouthing Xolox. Of course it is always okay to ask friendly when you wonder about something...