I'll try the speed test later...

For now, I just downloaded ares (the non-spyware version... took some time to find it for free...gee...). Anyways, ares is downloading stuff RIGHT as I write THIS:

-135.5 KB/s
-123 KB/s

So... I am almost sure it has to do with LW!!!!

But to be honest, ares is nowhere near as good or as fast as LW 'used' to be... OMG... any other suggestions?

(TNX a lot for the help so far! )

Odds are your ISP is blocking or filtering LimeWire. Try using the same port you use for Ares.

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For the less tech savvy... could you point me towards some instructions as to how I can change LW to ares port? (althoug to be honest, I'm not quite sure that is the reason- I doubt my isp [a small, independant service] would do such thing).

With LimeWire open go to Tools/Options/Advanced/Firewall Config

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Hey man!!

I Live in Rio Grande (Puerto Rico) And i Have the same company as you do and im having the same problem

Hey Mokito!!! Great to see someone from the island!!!!

I think that might be the reason. I also researched a bit, and found out they had some "control issues". Turns out ppl with the 256kbs offer, had peaks at night of 1MB downloads. They were apparently giving away extra bandwidth.

Why don't you download Ares (wich works) and then forward LW to the ares port like suggested here?

I'm trying that tommorrow, and nice to hear from a fellow puertorican.

My email is: [email]****

e-mail me if need be.

Click on his name & choose profile to email lancelott. We don't allow emails in posts for safety reasons & Forum rules.

Hey, nice to see more people from PR here. I got the same problem with Liberty, here in Manatí. Was using Shareaza for Gnutella and my downloads, which here usually at 24 kbps fell to < 1 kbps. And worse: it looks like they are throttling other networks as well. I also use eMule and I usually leave it the whole night connected, but now in the morning, for weeks, it has downloaded almost nothing.

I`m downloading Ares right now. Hope it brings some light to the problem.

Thanks for the info!