Hi Aus Rider 22,
While I see your point; your connection & speed probs were probably due to your ISP, it's not always that simple. I use another fairly big Oz ISP & had heaps of connection probs when I started using LimeWire, for me it came down to forwarding a port through my modem... problem solved. I think anyone experiencing connection probs should search around first to make sure it's not a computer firewall, modem/router using NAT or program (SP2 comes to mind) causing the problem. There could be many things stopping connection. You shouldn't just assume it's your ISP! I don't think they're above reproach, just that there may be other factors at work!!