Alcatel ADSL Speedtouch USB Modem with PIPEX as my ISP.

When I say dropped connections, I don't mean LimeWire is physically killing my connection. What I mean is that LimeWire disconnects itself from the Gnutella Network then re-connects itself straight away. Obviosuly, indoing this every five minutes it pretty much makes searching useless, as it normally takes that five or so minutes to build up the hosts and settle down.

Might try going back to 2.7.13 and see what happens.

Cheers
Vaz