i have just recently downloaded limewire and since the begining i have had slow downloads! i have been reading other peoples threads and they have been saying they have any where from 40 to 60 kbs when they download.....i have been averging about 4-6kbps sometimes less than that the highest i have gone is 10kbps. it says i have excellent internet so i dont know why it is goin so slow. heres what i have......

3.0 pentium 4 processor
512mb ram
40GB hard drive
cable internet
norton antivirus (diabled)
windows firewall (disabled)

i had it running through a router but then i disconnected it to see if it goes any faster but no luck so right now i have a direct connect.also when i look to see how much internet it is using on the task manager it is at only .05% internet usage on a scale of 100mgps so i dont know y this is downloading so slow please help me

Try http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=27036

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iMac G4 OSX 10.3.9
RAM 256MB
LW 4.10.5 Basic
ADSL anything from 3 to 8Mbps/around 1024kbps

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wow was actually trying that before u replied to mine but anyways how can i find my upload and dowload speeds i mean this thing is going SLOW!!!! its starting to **** me off.....5 kb/ps i mean cummon

See: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...&pagenumber=20

It depends on who you're downding from.

but its like that from anyone that i download from....i had kazaa before and downloads were so much faster! they swear up and down that lime wire is faster than kazaa but i dont agree also most of the time it goes back to 0/kbps

Check some of the pointers & all the links thru here: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=34114

If this is different to how LW was previously then try deleting your LW preferences folder whilst LW is closed. See instructions here: Fixes for Limewire

having same problem mate,if you sort out how to get better kbs let me know cheers

sorry!! this type of thing is very common unfortunately. it may be a combination of things, and not just your pc. it may be the person from whom you are uploading. this is just one more item on the blah list of pc world. have a better day!!!

I'm having the same issue almost. my upload and download is this 900 KB up and 1.5 mb down. Most of the time I have a dl speed of about 10-40KB.. Even if there are lets say 100 hosts sharing. I could be dling from upto 15 hosts and still I get about 40 KB tops (most of the time). When i dl from anywhere else I usually run my dl speed (1.5 mb)... but here I never ever reach it the most i think i have ever had is like 80Kbs.... I read most of the sticky's.... and still blahhhhh..... let me know if you figured something out

PEACE>>>>>>>>>

The highest I've ever gone was 53 KB, and that was once. Every other time, it's been below 18KBs, no matter how many hosts are sharing. So please, if you find something, help us out.