I'm sure we've all noticed the overall speed decrease in downloads from the Gnutella network lately. I realize LimeWire *isn't* Gnutella, but perhaps this feature change could be of some help.

I think the problem lies in many cases with new users severely restricting bandwidth or turning off uploads completely. For broadband users this is stupid, as u/l bandwidth doesn't affect d/l bandwidth - but good luck trying to get this message out to all the "Help! I'm clueless, how does this thingy work?" people.

Anyway, why not allow the u/l and bandwidth modification options in the pro version only? The hopelessly clueless aren't going to buy Pro anyway and those of us who do (and know better) can get back to the great share speeds we all enjoyed until fairly recently.