Dial-Up LimeWire User Question
 

Greetings,

As I dial-up user, I wanted to inquire if downloading the new version of LimeWire (I have version 4.2.6) is going to make a bit of speed difference. Yes, I know - I should get high speed, but truthfully I don't see that much difference in speed from the sites that I use on a daily basis. Just when it comes to downloading.

I don't download music, but mostly adult content or porn (hey I am honest) and some clips could literally takes days to fully download - that is if LimeWire keeps me connected and if the users uploading remain online for as long as I need for the video clip to fully download.

Now I am not expecting miracles, but it would be great if the new LimeWire was a little faster for the dial-up crowd and keeps me connected. One problem I will have is that I will leave my computer on all night, while I sleep to hopefully download an entire video or most of it over 8 hours and I wake up to realize that LimeWire knocked me off and I wasn't connected for the majority of the night.

In addition, if I download and install the new LimeWire - will it erase the files that I still have waiting to be downloaded completely?

Thank you very much for your time and I greatly appreciate any help.

No You Download speed is determined by your connection speed if you connect at 56k The best you can DL at would be around 5.5KB/s.

56K / 8 = 7 - overhead 56 x 3% = 1.68 = 5.32KB/s
Dial up connections are notorious for disconnecting weather LimeWire is running or not. There are some applications out there that will try and keep your connection alive during times of inactivity. I have never used any of these apps and do not know if they work.

http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/N...ls/index2.html

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search No it should not but rarely people have said they have lost theres when upgrading.

Grandpa,

Actually the internet itself stays connected - it's LimeWire that disconnects me from downloading files while I am sleeping for example and not using my computer.

Like I said - I will still be connected to the internet, when I wake up and I think to myself that I have downloaded a bunch of files, until I see that the download files have hardly progressed and ultimately I wasn't even connected to LimeWire for most of the night. I guess on dial-up, downloading has to be a day time thing, where you can actually watch the progress.

So I guess you are saying - stick with the LimeWire I have, because it won't make a difference with the new version.

Thank you very much for your time and response.

Actually I like the newer versions they have some new features but the disconnect problem is still there. You may want to wait a little while though they are supposed to work on that problem soon.