Ok I'm using a broadband connection and I'm try to download a large file. The extended info says there are 25 servers that have this file. Almost all the servers are using Morpheus as their client software. It seems when and if I make a connection the transfer speeds are so slow <1kb/s and then my connection is dropped. I've never seen the network operating as slow as it is this weekend. Is this because of all the additional traffic due to Mopheus now using the Gnutella network?

All this high speed hype, most users are on modems and thus you will get 33K bps max from them which is about 2K Bytes/s most of the time. Yes it sucks so go get as much as you can from static web sites, news servers and ftp.
I sell a CD for $5 post paid from files I filled it up with from Gnutella. It costs me 29 cents plus the time to burn it. I want to be just like bill gates within 2 years. Want one?