I get the same types of users too. It is my impression that many of them are using some software that automates their requests. I think some of the unix command line gnutella clients do this.

Sometimes the same person is downloading the same file at the same time. Why would they want two copies of the same file from the same host? It's illogical because the software they are using is doing it--a strong arm approach--and it is harming the network.

Another way it may be happening is people selecting a whole bunch of songs that they want and try to download them all at once. It rarely will it work; more often results in transfers failing because the network gets overloaded.

I have a fast connection to the Internet but even then I don't try to download more than five files at a time because my experience shows that it doesn't work very well. It actually seems faster to keep the number of downloads small because they come in faster than if there were a dozen files at a time.

Terry