l have looked through the forums searching for a solution to many peoples problems with download speeds as i am in the same boat.
i hope this info will help you to help me.

1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98) xp
2. What firewalls you have? windows
3. How much ram? 512 MB
4. Hard Disk space available? 160 GB
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) broadband
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? GlobespanVirata USB IAD LAN Modem
7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.)? house
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version. LW is 4.12.6 pro/J 1.5.0_10
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)? TalkTalk
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? Your 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. used LW on dail up before but i am still a novice
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? yes

my DL speed is 8KB/s sometimes it will go up to nearly 30KB/s (KB not kb)

TalkTalk are known to shape bandwidth...have a look at this thread.
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...light=talktalk

If you use the forum search to look for TalkTalk, you'll find other threads too

Sorry about the late reply, had a virus prob to get rid of due to a LW co user.
Thank's for the links will keep them in mind,
Further investigation into my prob i found that if i physically disconected my phone line my computer says, connected, speed 10Mbps. but of cause it's not and no home page will be displayed just an error page.
when i am connected and use task manager (Ctrl Alt Del) click onto the networking tab it shows a whopping amount of 9%, thus making me think it could be a modem problem. any more ideas anybody

I tryed talking to talktalk but as i haven't bought my modem from them they can't talktalk to me about my settings

I did look for info about your modem but I just can't find anything helpful....can you give me a model number, that might help

Do you know if it's a modem or a modem-router? If you have info at home (manual etc) have a look & see. You may have a firewall within your modem & that could be why you're seeing the firewall icon. Just remember though, that even if you can port forward & get rid of the firewall icon, if TalkTalk are shaping it's not going to help your speed much if at all.

One of the threads in that very first link I gave you has info about what hours shaping takes place. Have you tried downloading outside peak times to see if speeds improve?

Upgrade Java to 1.06, i'm not sure what part of the www.java.com site i downloaded it from, but i know i downloaded it form the official Java site, maybe, just maybe, it will improve your downloading speeds.
Try using Shareaza, it uses Gnutella 1, 2 and Edonkey 2000.

my modem-router is R-ADSL-C4-2 with a brand name called Dynamode
since last my post i have changed the way my computer connects from usb2
to a network card, as a result i now have a link speed of 100Mbps with
networking at 0.07%-0.44% and a max of 0.5%.
when downloading my rate is 25kb/s-40kb/s and a max of 60kb/s
even with 11 hosts.
If you can use network manger (Ctrl + Alt +Delete) then click networking tab
what is your networking %

d.d-thom.
Here are instructions for port forwarding your router, (this should be done)
Use this link, dont forget to set up a static IP first.
http://portforward.com/english/route...-C4-2index.htm
P.S..You will still need to speak to talk talk, ask what times they apply P2P
shaping, & avoyed D/L at those times.
Peace.

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mickjapa108

That's because Windows does not recognize the true speed of the net link (Dial-Up is an exception), no matters if you have a Gygabyte connection, Windows only and always will recognize it as a 100 M/bytes per second, so, the net usage is based upon that.

If you can use network manger (Ctrl + Alt +Delete) then click networking tab
what is your networking % mine is 0.09%-0.45%