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Old August 9th, 2006
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Well.. I've pretty much just tried everything I can think of, again, and nothing's changed... ^^U
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I have the exact same problem as Calinginosty...I'm looking for the most popular songs out there right now and when I try to download them, it will say "Connecting..." for a while then it will come back as "Need More Sources" or "Awaiting Sources." All of these songs have over 90 hosts and they still aren't downloading! I've try to download them with a fewer number of hosts but, it's still not working! I've been trying for a week so, if anybody knows what's going on, please help!

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There are lots of fake files around just like you describe... new releases, heaps of sources, 'connecting' for ages but never downloading.

Search again. Vary your search terms, look for artist or album rather than song title. Try the All Types search, rather than Audio. Stay away from files with huge numbers of sources, I go for files with 10 sources or less With so many fakes around now, you'll just have to be patient & keep trying.

Could you please edit out the song titles & artist names in your post? These are copyrighted & so we're not allowed to mention downloading specific files Forum Rules. Thanks
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My thing is this, I never had ths problem until this new version of Limewire came out. I could download for hours with no problem but now hardly anything. I have managed, within the last 24 hours, to get some stuff but then I will have full connection then nothing. The files will be downloading very quickly and then go down to like 3KB/s. I do not understand the problem.
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Might be your ISP (Internet Service provider) having checked on your monthly bandwidth use and decided to shape (throttel) the amount you are able to use at any specific time or in general over a period of a month.

I assume you've tried the things suggested in this and other threads regarding slow download speed (i.e. deleting the LW preference folder, updating Java with the newest JRE offline installer 1.5.0_07, trying to download a magnet link, etc.)

If not, you should try these things first before calling your ISP to ask whether they indeed shape your bandwidth (don't be surprised if they deny it; would be bad for puplicity)
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****, all of these problems, I download almost every song I click on because I rarely ever get a fake, midas touch or something..
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