NTC Communications (http://www.ntc-com.com) has a 3mb bandwidth cap for p2p applications, not to mention the most instable network experience I have ever experienced. They just can't seem to defeat the plethora of viruses that have spread this year.

SBC DSL in California works great, they don't care what you do with your bandwidth...

Jonathan

All major broadband in Ontario support P2P at this point (including (as in quebec) cogeco, symptico, and rogers cable).

Try to change your Limewire port. They can´t block all of your ports.

Morgwen

For the UK, Demon is fine but freeserve blocks file sharing.

I've never had problems with Limewire using ADSL Telus in Western Canada. Two weeks prior to Christmas, the program refuses to even start up. Dead in the water. I bought another version on Christmas eve thinking I needed to upgrade - same situation. I am feeling lost without sampling what music I may want to buy.

I have been able to download from limewire since Xmas. If anything it has got faster in the last week.

i use ntl thay are good and chhep uplodes/downlodes are all fine im in uk S wales eny one els know a good previder i can get?

I've used two ISPs with LimeWire:

Speakeasy DSL specifically states that they aren't blocking any ports, and specifically allows running servers and P2P applications. I was using SpeakEasy until the cable company came out with a better deal for landline phone than any phone company could come close to matching, so I had to drop to landline, which meant dropping DSL. Actually, cable is way faster than DSL around here (NY Metro).

Optimum Online (cable) prohibits running servers in their TOS/AUP, and they consider running a P2P client that shares files to be a server. If they notice that you're running a server (e.g., LimeWire), they don't do any port blocking but they have been known to impose a 150kbps (~15KB/sec) upstream cap on your data connection if they feel that you're abusing the network connection (mostly on the upstream side of things; they don't seem to notice as much if you're doing lots of downloading (it should be noted that the current cap for OptOnline users in the NY Metro Region is 10Mbps downstream and 1Mbps upstream). If you intend on sharing files, I'd suggest setting the max upstream rate within LimeWire to somewhere around 25kbps, and half that speed during business hours (e.g., 7am-9pm).

Will Someone give me a list of modem providers that will let me connect. please? O yea i have no clue about computers. Exept that i can download things from the internet. So you might have to talk me through it.