ok, i'm new to limewire, and i've tried a bunch of stuff... but i'm still havin problems. the fastest any download will possibly go for me is 3 kbps. and thats only if i have 1 file downloading. if there's 2, the most i'll get is 1 kbps on one and 2 kbps on the other. i know i have dialup (it's even slower than usual cause my dad wired up the phone lines wrong. the fastest i'll get is 28.8 kbps). even still i know i can get more than just 3 kbps!

I've been having the same problem. Lately, it seems like the entire network has slowed down. I can't seem to download faster than 1 kb/s, and I have a cable/DSL connection and some of my hosts have T3. I've been trying to download a file for 4 days. I've kept my computer on 24/7 and I'm still only at 6 percent. If anyone knows what the problem is or if the network has adjusted or changed, please help!

Make sure you download from the right hosts. Your dial-up speed will be slow, so be sure to click on hosts that have a T3 connection. They are the fastest. Modems are very slow, cable/DSL is kind of slow, T1 is fast, and T3 is fastest. Once you use Limewire for a little while, you'll be a pro at it.

i am on dsl windoze 2000, 1.7ghz.
my download speed sudenly fell to 0 or 1 kb p sec, i went to tools/options/advanced/firewall config and changed listen on port 6346 to port 80. then repeated all the searches i had running and the speed went back up to what it was before.
now i dont know why it worked, does it have anything to do with isp choking p2p traffic?

It didn't work for me. I'm still at the same speed. Maybe it was a coincidence that it worked for you.