My downloads were just great until my cable internet provider, Comcast, announced they had massively sped up internet speed (so they say). Now, no matter the speed of the host I'm downloading from, I can only seem to download at 3-4kb per second, never more than 10, even when I'm downloading from more than one host! It definitely used to be a lot faster.

>What computer

Mac Powerbook G4, running 10.3.3

>Type of internet connection

Comcast cable broadband.

>How you are connected to the internet (as in what 'boxes' are between your machine and the telephone line)

I use a Belkin 4 port router to share the connection with my roommate (and it doesn't seem to matter if she's online or not, etc.) I HAVE checked Ursula's port test page, and it said "Your test page was successful!"

>What other programs you may have running at the same time as LimeWire

It varies, but even with nothing else running, the speed of downloads is consistently slower than it used to be.

>Also, is your LimeWire v 3.8.7 a 'new' and 'first-time ever' install, or have you re-installed it or made an upgrade from an earlier version ?

I've run other versions before, but recently paid for 3.8.6 Pro for Mac, and downloaded/installed as instructed from the link in the email. At first, this version was working great - lots of downloads, and fast. Now, not so much.

Hope I've included everything you need to give me some suggestions! I suppose it could just be that I'm coincidentally going after files that aren't easy to get for various reasons. But even my downloads of very easy MP3's do seem slower than they used to be. Thanks in advance.