Thanks for the help with all that and the explanation for the gnutella network and ares. I am going to try and mess with proxies and see what happens. I can't switch isp's unfortunately. They are the only people who can provide us with anything faster than normal 56k internet or whatever it is. The very slow stuff through the modem in your computer through the phone line. I will let you guys know if I can get the proxies to work. Thanks again for all the help.