Well, just to be on the 100% certain side, I did check with my provider and they have no limits on p2p or other protocols. I didn't think so, as I am with one of the best providers in the Netherlands (they absolutely refuse to divulge names/IP numbers of ANY of their customers) so I couldn't see where they would have a problem with p2p.

So, that's eliminated. My firewall has a nice big gnutella hole drilled through it and both my WinXP and OSX boxes are configured correctly.

I used to blame the LimeWire program itself, but no longer, as the searches are fast and complete. Once in a blue moon I'll still see the 250+kbps speed spike, but so very, very rarely. I'm also sharing close to 800 files, so I doubt if the freeloader block is the issue.

Out of curiousity, what do you all of you have for your freeloader settings? I always allow freeloaders and they don't have to share. I've got 700 kbps (potential) on my up-pipe - I don't mind sharing it at all.

Just recriprocate, dammit!