Sorry--I meant the version of LW you can see in "About LimeWire" (btw, the new beta version just released is much better for OSX--no installer; just a .dmg! )

Some downloads will always be slow if they come from a slow host, of course.

Just ask your ISP which file sharing programs they allow, for starts. If I get a chance later, I'll look up some threads and links that makes this clearer.