Hey - I agree. I sincerely question how many results you used to get as a ratio to the ones you get now.
Tell you what, if you want to rely on the itty bitty stats you used to see, tell me your e-mail and I'll code you a quick visual basic application that just generates random numbers over 2000.
I mean, in the earlier versions, who is to say whether the results were accurate back then? Isn't it possible the coders could have been faking them. Even if you do get an ultrapeer connection and it says "1 Host" then I invite you to do a search! You'll see plenty of results and if you look at the IP addresses of the files, you'll notice - WOW! More than 1 host!
I too was confused and was ready to delete my copy of Limewire from my PC after reading these forums, but one standout post told me the real truth, it said that the stats were wrong. Take the hint!
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JM