Dear limewire users,

I ll put this in a simple way. I have a 1Mbps ADSL connection and my limewire used to download with 70-80 Kb/sec max speed. About 2 months ago speeds dropped to about 8-15 kb/sec max. NOTE: I haven't changed ANY settings of firewalls, I am checking for adwares, trojans etc PLUS when I download files over the internet like email attachments etc I STILL get speeds of 100kb/sec!

So I say "ok...maybe I have to download the new version"..So I download version 4.12.6. This didn't change anything. So a few facts that started happening out of the blue about 2 months ago:

1)If I would have as high as 8 sources to download from, speeds would be max of 10-15 kb/sec instead of 80kb/sec just a couple of months ago
2) Sometimes even with 10 hosts I would get the sign "need more sources" (I haven't activated the licence option....so no worries about that

The green bars are full and there is a firewall (Zonealarm), the same that I had 2 months ago. Basically, I haven't changed anything to my system and I still have normal file downloads of 100k/sec through firefox for instance. I havent' activated the "licence" option.

Windows 2000 platform, p4 2,6 Ghz, 1 GB Ram

I would appreciate if you either send me a solution or just let me know that the problem is general and it is not going to be solved (especially to promote Limewire Pro perhaps?)

thank you in advance for your time