(aside) the improvements in LW since those dreary days in January are remarkable. I can trust today's LW enough to use it to compare ISP's. When LW doesn't work, it's getting more probable that the problem is upstream. Maybe your contact will be answered and reinforce the idea gnutella is an open community. Let the proprietary protocols take the heat.

[and thanks for working on that proxy patch: just another confirmation of LW's decision to go multiplatform and opensource]

Anyway, back to waiting for more info and insights.