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help!!!!!! the school is trying to shut down the gnutella network so limewire hasn't been working what can i do?

Here's a thought....accept the idea that your school has limited bandwidth and limited budget. If they are trying to shut down access to Gnutella it is probably because they don't have the budget to pay for the bandwidth to accomodate your file downloads. Instead of trying to cheat your way around this restriction - and ultimately get everyone else's fees raised in the process - why not open your wallet and pay for your own, separate connection? This way you can avoid the school's restrictions and download to your heart's content, without being a burden on your fellow students. Sure, your current fees already include Internet access, but the fee structure was set with a certain purpose and usage level in mind; as much as we all love file-sharing, it exceeds those conditions.

here's what i think about your thought you must not understand college i barely have enough money to print out all my homework and my portifolio never mind paying for a new internet connection when i am paying 300 dollars to have one at this school

I just reread my post - I did not say that you don't understand college. What I said was that the budget most colleges set aside for Internet access does not cover the bandwidth necessary for filesharing. As you pointed out, you are painfully aware of what that budget is because it is passed right on to you, in the form of a massive bill. However massive that bill is, however inflated that price may seem (and I went to college fairly recently so I know those numbers get high quickly), the price you are paying is intended to cover a certain level of usage which a Gnutella client would exceed. If you find a way to get around the restrictions and run your client anyway, that will only cause the price to go up even higher, even faster than it already is. In turn, that increase in fees will be passed on to your fellow students, many of whom are in the same dire financial straits as you are. How do you feel when you look at your bill and see fees for things you, personally, never use? It is just as unfair of you to create higher fees for others. Cold as this sounds, if you can't afford the additional connection, you can't afford to do filesharing.