i cant seem to download any faster than 10kb/s
i have limewire pro
i dont know much about my internet connection but if you tell me how to find out im sure i will be able to
if i hover over my wireless connection icon in the taskbar i am told the speed is 54.0mbps if that means anything
my laptop is 1.86 GHz
and has 504mb of ram
please help me get my download speeds to the maximum they can be
thanks

Do a speed test & tell us the results
http://www.speedtest.net/

Download a file from here & see what kind of speed you get
http://www.magnetmix.com/video.shtml

What are your details?
System details - help us to help you

This sticky has some good tips (mainly the first few posts by murasame) about how to set up LW for best performance.
Configuring LW for best performance

1. OS version? windows xp home
2. What firewalls you have? not sure but here is a list of anti virus/spyware type programs i have installed. some may be firewalls...
ad-aware se personal
avg free
comboix
cureit
highjackthis
spyware blaster
spyware guard
super antispyware free edition
3. How much ram? 504 mb
4. Hard Disk space available? 7.23gb
5. Connection type? broadband
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? linksys wireless router wag54gs
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? limewire 4.10.12 pro & java 1.5.0_02
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)? freedom2surf
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 is displayed
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. the router i am using is plugged into my pc in the other room
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. i've been using limewire a while and it has always been so slow other than the odd occasion. this is the first time i found this forum though for help.
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? no

speed test:
download - 926 kb/s
upload - 119 kb/s


when downloading from the site you advised the speed was constantly changing but on average it was around 100 kb/s which is a great improvement.

how could i get my limewire to always download at such speeds?

Your version of Java's pretty old, an update wouldn't hurt. Use the JRE offline installer here & remove any old Java versions before you install the new one.
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

Freedom2Surf are throttling p2p during peak hours, so try downloading outside of peak times.
http://www.freedom2support.net/forum...raffic+shaping

Your speeds in KB/s are 115 KB/s download & 15 KB/s upload...just use the info in that link about configuring LW to set your upload & download bandwidth. Set your speed at cable/dsl first, try things out & see how it goes.