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y has it got slower?!?

my limewire used to be really good and quick at downloading but or some reason it has got really slow!! is this because limewire has set me in leaf mode?!?

if so is there any way of changing this back to ultrpeer?!?

please help....:bangh:

OPAL TELECOM DSL NETWORK may be shaping your p2p use suddenly. You're from the UK right? I don't know the who that company resells through.

I trace to Amsterdam..the hope just prior to that is the UK

yea im from th UK!!

that link made me realise that i have a wall in front of the blue world at the bottom..thay may have sumthin 2 do with it wont it..!!! :P

wow...my trace was wacked!..as a note, we do such things for various reasons, one of them to be able to try and determine your ISP and such so that we can give better advice...

im gud..it was the firewall thing but i just got it fixed..!!!

thanx this site helped alot:super:

glad to hear you got it all sorted out!..and thx for letting us know

ok after fixing the firewall problem i downloaded a song and it was great bur straight after that again it got slow..!!! i dont know whats up with it now..!!!.....:confused:

Are you willing to try an experiment? Try downloading a magnet link from here http://www.magnetmix.com/video.shtml & tell us what happens in regards to speed & connectivity, etc.

If you suffer the same problem, then chances are, the problem is your ISP. That link connects to a website which can potentially offer downloads over 200 KB/s.

ok well my connection is really strong but the speed at the mo is at nothing..and now its waiting on busy hosts..!!!..:confused:

is there nethin i can do to fix this then?!?....

Waiting busy hosts from the magnet site? wow! Either the site is busy or ... no I just checked it out. Mine was queued for 2 seconds & then downlding at maximum speed. What's the name of your ISP?

Another option is trying different connection ports or proxies. But proxies are difficult & tedious to set up & find one that works reasonably.

Give your ISP a call & demand to speak to a technician & say you've been having speed problems & ask are they shaping p2p programs. BTW the majority of ISP's in UK are now bandwidth shaping p2p sharing. They use special programs that detect the program & can either block it or shape the bandwidth it's using along that port or a range of ports or simply the packets somehow.

Here's an example of some p2p shapers that ISP's may/do use: sandvine :
(1.) http://www.sandvine.com/products/p2p_element.asp,
(2.) http://www.ipp2p.org/docu_en.html, ____ & ____ (3.) http://www.p-cube.com/new_solutions/traffic_P2P.shtml,
(4.) http://www.ispreview.co.uk/ispnews/a...03/arc15.shtml

eemmmm..mine is from talk talk broadband..!!!

Ah now you tell us ... eek :eek:

Have a look at the TalkTalk reference here ISP's known to BLOCK or Filter p2p or specifically Limewire

I believe there is a partial answer, but it's basically to use it only during certain times of the day. That's from memory.
Alternative is to find a UK ISP that doesn't filter. You can send ukbobboy01 (click on link) a personal message to ask him, as he has done some research in the UK area for ISP's that don't shape bandwidth.

And yes, it's not unnormal to be using p2p fine & then suddenly speeds suck. When the ISP detects you using high bandwidth & p2p then they will apply the brakes.

ooooo i c!!! well talk talk crap thn..haha im not stayin up downloadin at that time..!!! nehu..thnx for tht its helped me greatly:xirokrotima: nethin else buggin me nd ill be straight back here..!!!