David91,

Following on, I am experiencing the same problems with WinMX, so it's nothing to do with your network. I am running Window XP and the latest edition of LiveWire as it was only installed a few days ago. I have been a user of WinMX for a few years. I must say that I had similar problems a few years ago when I was on a cable connection, that's why I went back to dial-up.
Will certainly take your advice if I end up communicating with my provider.
Cheers