i have a decent connection
 

2.3 mbps to be correct
i did the firewall setup thing like it said but still it only downloads at 4 or 5 kb/s is this right?
on 1 or 2 hosts maybe but i had 10 hosts on and it stayed the same can u help me pleeaze!!!
its driving me mad!

Yes, Me too I have a very strong connection,Limewire indicates no firewall found, and yet my download speeds are 0-1 Kb/s and always looking for more hosts. and its very irritating, I should be getting more like 30-40Kb/s
Any ideas?

i have a great connection aswell, and i do use a personal firewall, but its also verry much WHAT you download, is it know contend verry popular or is it rare contend?

i get around 50 - 150kb/s downloads on almost every known popular file, but on the rare contend it's just dependant on the uploader not the downloader.

also try some suggestions that have been made all over the forum, it's even a sticky in the open forum discussion or the cennections thingy, just search for it can't be to hard.