Thanks for replying.

I do do the # thing. I always make sure that I sort so that they're in order of how many sources there are & then download from the most, or if there's not much difference, by the download speed.

I've been reading the all forums & I think I'm just expecting too much although I have seen other people who say that they have downloaded at 60KB/s & download a 700Mb film in one day?? Does this happen? Ever?

If it does, I wan't to know how!!!

On a different note, does it help or hinder dowload speeds if you allow ultrapeer capabilities? I have tried to be as altruistic as possible by converting my cd collection into mp3's & allowing access to all of this. I am currently sharing 736 files.

If becoming an ultrapeer will help other people without compromising my downloads, I'm happy to do it. (That didn't sound too selfish did it?)

Thanks for taking the time to help :-)