The statistics in pretty much all LimeWire versions have been pretty innaccurate, and they do not reflect the true capacity of the network.

This is basically because it''s tricky to communicate this between computers on a fully distributed network without using up more bandwidth than it would be worth. We basically made the decision that it did not make sense to use up a lot of bandwidth on the network for the sake of more accurate statistics and at the cost of slowing down downloads and uploads (particularly for modem users).

The new UltraPeer technology in LimeWire 2.0 and above also changed the way messages are passed in this area. So, my point is that these statistics should not be taken too seriously at all.

I would strongly recommend that everyone give LimeWire 2.1.1 beta a try, as it has several enhancements that should dramatically improve your search results.