first off thanx alot for responding i greatly apriciate it!

how do i allow my hardware setup to acomadate my potential bandwidth (what do you mean by that)?

what is my personal speed while on lime wire? (i have it recognize me as cable/dsl already

how do i tell if the people downloading can acomadate my perfered download rate?

what is the average download rate you achive?

my specs are
lw3.1 running as whhhaaaa! mac osx 10.2.4 mac g4 power book 1ghz, cable modem, air port wireless network hub