New here and need help Hi (slow download speed since changing ISP)

[petero]

Hi all,
On looking through the forums I can clearly see that I'm not the only one experiencing the problem of ultra slow download speeds. My history of Limewire is such:- used basic for about six months and downloaded everything I wanted with download speeds in excess of 100 kbs in some cases. I was using a netgear wireless asdl router.
I then bought the full version and the downloads continued without any problem and I used this for maybe another six months.
I then changed to Sky broadband and installed a new netgear router which they sent me and from that very day the download speeds have been awful, 4or 5 kbs with 8 hosts!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Sky broadband is 8 meg, whereupon my previous was only 2 meg.I have done a speed test etc. from one of the links posted here and the results are 2555 download and 350 upload. I am using XP home SP2. Any ideas anyone, but please bear in mind I am no computer whizz. Also when the downloads stopped. I couldn't get free updates any more so I uninstalled the pro version and downloaded the free version again, but to no avail.Thanks,
Peter

[birdy]

Sky Broadband have a Fair Usage Policy...maybe that accounts for your slow speeds
Sky.com - Usage Policies

Try downloading a file from here & see what speed you get. Slow download from this site often points to an ISP throttling bandwidth.
+ MagnetMix.com +: The Source for Good Content

Try changing ports (no guarantees but it's easy enough to try). In LW tools > options > advanced > firewall config. Change LW's listening port to 64049, or something in the range of 49152 - 65535. Click on Apply to save the change. If you have specific ports allowed through a software firewall, or a port forwarded within a modem/router, these will also have to change!

If you give us your system details, we might be able to help more!
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[chise4real]

help im new

[mickjapa108]

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[petero]

Hi Birdy, thanks for your reply and my system details are as follows:-

Windows XP home edition SP2
Windows firewall and the one that came with the router
504 mb of ram
120 gig hard drive
8meg broadband
Netgear DG834gt Router
Home
Limewire 4.12.11
Java 1.6.0-01
Sky broadband
Your test worked. Immediate pop up to verify this info
Not sharing
Been using Limewire for about a year and only had problems when I changed my ISP to SKY from Onetel
I did see a brick wall but I have removed it somehow by clicking on it, not seen it since

[birdy]

Hi petero,
If you don't see the brick wall that's a good thing...means that there's no firewall interfering with LW.

Did you try the download from magnetmix? Did you see a reasonable speed?

Did you try changing ports & did it help?

You could try changing Java versions to this one. Use the JRE offline installer & remove your current Java version before you install the new one!
Java SE Downloads - Previous Release - JDK 5

[petero]

Hi Birdy,
Yes I did try changing ports with no success but only changed the value in the listening port and the upnp is allowed. I don't know how to alter things in the router,although I know how to get into it.
The speed from the download at magnetmix was 2 hosts at 7-12 kb/s.
Thanks,
Peter

p.s. Will not allow me to download the Java software, keeps coming up with fatal error message

[birdy]

Well since the magnetmix download was slow, I'd be looking at your ISP as a suspect

No, seriously, since they have that FUP in place & since speeds have dropped off since you've been with Sky Broadband...it sounds suspicious.

Especially since you're not even seeing the firewall icon...being firewalled can slow down speeds. That's not your problem. If changing ports didn't help, there's not too much that we can do. If it's an ISP issue then there's probably not much that you can do either, apart from changing ISP

[petero]

T hanks for your help Birdy, much appreciated.