Deacon 72 you misunderstood me. I meant that I added 10 of my own files to share along with all the files that I've downloaded. I know that 10 files doesn't sound like much but at least it's something. I have many others on disk that I plan to make available sooner or later. I admit that maybe I'm making too much of this file sharing thing however if any readers at all happen to see these comments and change the way they share with others in a positive way then I have accomplished something valuable. Have a great day.

It's when file sharers turn off their bandwidth that gets my blood boiling or, they allow you to dl and cut you off anyway right in the middle of it, I have never cut anyone off in a middle of a download. The freeloaders are far from the problem, it's the ones who share that are the stingy ones. I share, and have used P2P for many years. I was on Napster and we had very few freeloaders. Maybe if people opened up and shared the networks wouldnt have died. Plus, there is the RIAA to worry about, and the MPAA. People dont want to get sued so they download but dont share.

thats why i really would like it if you can download from friends, because most of the time you can force them to share. how many freeloaders would be here, if they were forced to be accountable?

i wouldnt be suprized if i have been banned by other people because i have a large upload queue and it would appear that im not sharing at all. because when my upload slots are full, its nearly impossible to browse host someone.

Hello, I am relatively new to Limewire (2 weeks), and I am learning quite a lot. I have read with interest the threads regarding blocking someone from downloading from you if they don't share files.

When I first started using limewire, I didn't even know people could upload from my computer. Since learning that, I have gone into options and set it up as well as fixing my firewall to allow it.

To address the issue of connection speeds, I have a 56K modem, dial up, but my dial up speed is only 24k. According to my ISP, this is due to the antiquated wiring in this area, and is the best I can expect.

It does not stop me from allowing people to upload, it just is terminally slow. They say patience is a virtue. So, please, have some with us. Perhaps the people you are trying to access are also new at this and just haven't learned yet.

Browse Host? I tried it, sometimes I am succesfull and sometimes not. Just discovered inserting IP's into direct connect last night, and used my brothers number, who downloaded limewire the same time I did. Sometimes I was able to access his list and sometimes I was not. He said he had to try about 12 times to get into mine.

So I do not think blocking someone just because you cannot get into their computer is a good thing. Maybe this also just takes patience.

I would like to thank all of you for all the wonderful music I have been able to obtain since I found Limewire. And am happy to share it all with anyone.

And I am trying to read part of the Forum daily to gather all the info I can regarding this great thing called Limewire.

welcome to the forum yoopersister! hope you find it as comfortable here as i do!

Hello, I am relatively new to Limewire (2 weeks), and I am learning quite a lot. I have read with interest the threads regarding blocking someone from downloading from you if they don't share files.

When I first started using limewire, I didn't even know people could upload from my computer. Since learning that, I have gone into options and set it up as well as fixing my firewall to allow it.

To address the issue of connection speeds, I have a 56K modem, dial up, but my dial up speed is only 24k. According to my ISP, this is due to the antiquated wiring in this area, and is the best I can expect.

It does not stop me from allowing people to upload, it just is terminally slow. They say patience is a virtue. So, please, have some with us. Perhaps the people you are trying to access are also new at this and just haven't learned yet.

Browse Host? I tried it, sometimes I am succesfull and sometimes not. Just discovered inserting IP's into direct connect last night, and used my brothers number, who downloaded limewire the same time I did. Sometimes I was able to access his list and sometimes I was not. He said he had to try about 12 times to get into mine.

So I do not think blocking someone just because you cannot get into their computer is a good thing. Maybe this also just takes patience.

I would like to thank all of you for all the wonderful music I have been able to obtain since I found Limewire. And am happy to share it all with anyone.

And I am trying to read part of the Forum daily to gather all the info I can regarding this great thing called Limewire.

Oops I better un-ban you Actually there is not a great deal to be gained from banning people as I know in my case my ip no. is different every time I look at it.
If someone queues an inordinate amount of stuff, and I cannot for the life of me get their ip no to show up on any files I calculate that he might be sharing, I will ban him if I'm in a bad mood, and I think we all feel like that sometimes. I do however have a feeling that some people will share with a different ip no than they download. Perhaps someone at work downloading on his lap top and sharing on his work computer.

There are 2 sides to this question and after reading this thread, I might just sit on the fence.
and where I have said he read he/she

well...i have been useing limewire forsome time now and i do not share all my files i do share most of them to anyone who wants them. the only files i do not share arevideos becuase they take to long to upload and make my downloads really slow

not a great deal to be gained indeed, but this is not the perception the normal user of limewire thinks. they think that when they ban someone, they are keeping the non-filesharers out of the network. well the download mesh has a high resistance to people being banned if the file is popular enough. (btw i have a static ip, so i must be banned for life )