1. OS version? windows xp home
2. What firewalls you have? norton
3. How much ram?512
4. Hard Disk space available?
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) cable
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? linksys
7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.)?home
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version. limewire version=4.12.6
java=1.5.0_08
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)?chartwe
10. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there? says ur test worked
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.no
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user.yes
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface?no

heres my details

Thanks for your info...With your ISP can you retype who that is, I haven't heard of them before and I was wondering if it is a typo...
Could you explain as well what exactly your problem is....

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sorry i meant Charter and my problem is that my downloads never get above 2kb when it used to get really fast

It's Charter ....There have been a few people that have the same problem as you and this exceptable use policy will explain what they exactly do....
http://www.charter.com/Visitors/Policies.aspx?Policy=6

This is another interesting article....
http://www.complaints.com/directory/2004/june/30/9.htm

Try doing this speed test and see what speeds you get....
http://www.speedtest.net/

You can also try changing your listening port number to something between 49152 up to 65535, try this one 64049....

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That doesn't sound to good....Could you supply these details please...
System details - help us to help you

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See my thread: Dowload speed in the dirt that I originaly started.

I am also having problems with speed i get upload of 234 kb and a download of 728kb but when i down load some thing off of lime wire i get download of 1 - 30

1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98) Windows xp
2. What firewalls you have? Macafee
3. How much ram? 512
4. Hard Disk space available? 64
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) broadband - DSL
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? Westell
7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.)? Home/work
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version. 4.12.11-lime 1.5.0_10 java
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)? Verizon DSL
10. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there? It worked
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. yes
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. experienced user i have used it for about a year and i just found this forum so thats why i am asking now
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? Yes I do

Help please

so if my speed test came up with download-2393 kbs...how fast or at what speed should most of my downloads be? im only getting about 25-30 kbs on average.

Divide your speed in kb/s by 8 to get KB/s, take off say 15% for overheads...theoretically a download speed of about 255 KB/s. But it's not as simple as that. Your download speed depends upon your speed & also the upload speed of the host(s) you're downloading from, how many hosts you're downloading from, how many upload slots they have open etc etc.

Then there are people whose ISPs throttle their bandwidth...so these people may never see a fast download.

Considering that you've told us nothing except your speed test result, it's a bit hard to guess whether the speeds you're seeing are reasonable for you or not.

Verzion are known to shape p2p in some areas, but we could try port forwarding, what is the model number of your Westell ??

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