tiscali works well in the uk every d/loading software i use has no problems

SW Florida Comcast says they do not block such applications...

I've used Limewire for several years, and never had problems until we moved to Ohio. I have Alltel DSL and CANNOT run Limewire or ANY P2P programs. I am in the market for a non-blocking ISP in Northeast Ohio that will provide me with what I am paying for--connection.

ATT Worldnet. Worked the first time I used LW and then won't connect after that. When I try to connect I get "Your computer does not seem to have an active connection or you a behind a firewall...".

Obviously I have an active connection because I am making this post and I don't have any firewall running.

Cheers

I'm with Earthlink in pennsylvania.

I can connect. It stays 'turbo charged' for the first 5 minutes, then I have problems staying connected the rest of the time. My downloads are so slow it's almost a waste of $18.88.

I get the same problems others have stated. I get messages that say I must not have an internet connection... while it's looking for sorces and downloading at a less than 1kb clip.

Someone mentioned changing ports for Limewire, but I'm not sure how to do that.

Sympatico (Canada) works fine, I have hi-speed and some of the d-loads are 15 seconds. It's not cheap tho...

If they do limit I don't notice it

Shaw Hi-Speed Cable (Canada) works great and they NEVER limit the speeds, it all just depends on network usage.

Personally, I ALWAYS have either Excellent or TurboCharged as my LimeWire Quality and I am not even a Pro user!

They are extremely inexpensive too!

Have never been able to upload. Downloads and all other functions work very well. But others can not download from me.

I have a static ip on a commercial line from cox.net in oklahoma city. Changing ports, etc. doesn't do any good.

The only conclusion is that it is being blocked by my isp or the limewire software has some bad coding somewhere.

I noticed that people whose ip addresses are similar to mine can download from me, such as yyy.yyy.xxx.xxx where the y's are the same as mine.

The odd thing is that winmx works just fine.

Neither iinet or ihug block p2p.

On the other hand insight & cox are known to block or filter p2p! See hee: http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/56054 & also http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/insight & http://www.broadbandreports.com/foru...4576~mode=flat & http://www.broadbandreports.com/foru...2521~mode=flat & that's just the starting point! There's other articles involving both those companies if you wish to google for them. There may be some links for them on the forum. I know I read about Cox a month before I decided to comment about them. But I haven't been able to retrace the original article or 2 I read. Insight uses Sandvine! to filter & or block!

winMX works fine b/c its not ran off the same network as the other progs such as bearshare and limewire, winmx is on a crappier network which runs off a diff port. the isp's are only worried about blocking access to the major networks.