Thanks for that, although I just run LimeWire and its seems to be working now althought the download speeds are not too great for a 1MB connection its going about 4kbps with plenty of hosts.

I have a feeling this could be something to do with Plus Net peak and off peak usage limits. I looked on the website and I havent gone over the limit so its still a mystery - I will check later to see whether this is the case. In the mean time I now have to sort out my d/l speeds could port forwarding help in any way?