I need help w/dl speed...I know redundant
 

I know that this is an ongoing forum topic.....BUT....I have tried just about everything that has been suggested in the forums.

I used to have download speeds easily in the 200 KBs and 300 KBs but now I am lucky if I get it to download at 20 KBs. I am running a 3mg cable modem. I have tried multiple fixes...I asked my provider if they limit or block p2p sharing, they said no. I am using Windows 2000 xp w/Norton Internet Securtiy 2006 and running Limewire 4.10.5 PRO version.

I don't understand why one day it would be working great and then all of a sudden drastically diminish in speed. Is there anyone that might have any other suggestions for solving my problem..:confused:

Thanks in advance for any help I might receive......

hoping and praying for a solution

Hi Welcome to the forums:)

You have to realize that you are often downloading from hosts who have a much slower speed than you. If you were downloading from me you would not get higher than 50 KB/s on a good day, and if I was not uploading to anyone else. I set my max uploads to 5 and so this would mean that you might only get 10kB/s off me. Some people set their limits way to high which meand you would get even slower speeds.

If you are getting a file of multiple hosts, they may not all actually be uploading and they may all be very slow. Even a T1 or T3 host will oftan give very low speeds, depending on how they are configured.

The main thing is to realize that your speed will be governed by the other host if they are slower . I hope this helps:)

Thanks....but....
 

I do realize and understand what you are saying in reference to the host and their speed etc.... I guess what I don't understand is that it was working just fine for quite sometime and then all of a sudden it just dropped. I can understand on some downloads but I don't think it should be that way with every single dl I attempt. Good Grief, I'm frustrated!