Why You Can't Connect.

[Aus_Rider_22]

Hey all frustrated Limewire Basic/Pro users.

Are you having the following problems?

=> Poor Connection
my Limewire would load up and the connection would either be "connecting" or "poor". Couple time I got Turbocharged but usually once I started a search it would go back to "connecting"

=> Slow Download Speeds
we went from 50-60kbs to 0-3kbps in a day. It was actually slower than our old 28.8kbps dial-up. It was very frustrating because we had just got 512kbps Satelite plan. It worked VERY fast for the first month.

Now, I have spent 4 months trying to get it faster. I have researched this forum and site like you wouldn't believe and tried ALL possible fixes, to no avail.
The funny thing is that it was slow 0-3kbps at home on satelite yet 50kbs+ here in town at my parents work on ADSL 512kbps plan. So I finnaly put it down to either the computer at home or the satelite modem. So I brought the computer from home and installed and hooked up the ADSL cable. Guess what happened?

Limewire automatically went to Turbocharged and I was downloading songs consistently at 40kbs+ and up to 60kbs. That means that the problem is not Limewire OR any settings whatsoever. I thought I may as well muck around with the settings to see if they affected it and they didn't at all. Same fast speeds and huge searches.

So it is obvious the satelite modem is too blame. I am pretty certain that about 1 month on the satelite OptusNet (one of the biggest ISP's here in Australia) blocked certain programs/ports from accepting and sending connections in the modem and therefore making Limewire not work.

Funny thing is that on the Optusnet site in the FAQ area there was a question regarding the throttling of P2P. It said that because of alot of traffic using P2P that they were throttling it. Then underneath is had an aterisk and said "Optusnet does no longer filter or throttle P2P..."

Then I go to have a look at exactly what it is so I can show my mum so she can get onto them, and guess what? I cannot find that page! I am sure they are filtering it and our satelite modem is a prime example!

So what my point is, if you are experiencing the problems above like limited connection and very slow downloads, it's most likely your ISP and not Limewire!

We are in an 18 month contract on the satelite so I can't see what we can do. Just have to use Limewire in town at work.

Hope everyone reads this before being mad about Limewire, because it's not the version that matters, I have Limewire Basic on this computer and it flies! So I went with Pro at home and it will no work because of the modem restrictions/blocks.

Lord Of The Rings- Could maybe a mod make this sticky so people can understand and not ask the same questions time and time again.

Believe me, I know how frustrating it is when Limewire won't download things, I spent months trying to fix it.

YOUR PROBLEM IS YOUR ISP!

Hope this helps!