Hi again David
You asked:
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if I have 5 files coming in, pausing 4 of them does not speed up the speed of the remaining one; could THAT be due to your reason, when we're talking about 2-3 KB/s over a T1?
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The answer to your question is "yes".
Taking your example, you have five downloads coming in and one of them is a rare file on a PC with a dial-up connection. Now, you pausing or stopping the other four files will not do anything to speed up a download from someone with a dial-up connection.
I have an ADSL connection with a maximum download speed of 8MB, however the best I am able to achieve on a good day is 5.0x. I am at the moment trying to download two rare files of over 500MB each but I, like you, can only get 2-3 Kbs/s. So I reckon that the person (or persons) sharing these files must be on dial-up or live somewhere where the infrastructure/network facilities are not that good.
In situations like this I tend to try for a few weeks and then abandon any further hope of getting these files.
Hope this helps in your understanding.
UK Bob