Your setup is fine, However, here are a few things to consider.

#1 If the host you are downloading from is connected via 56Kbps then there's nothing you can do (please read previous posts.)

#2 If the content you are downloading happens to be copyrighted material. Keep in mind that there are companies who make these files available on the network but use hacked clients that make getting files a) impossible or b) almost impossible.

#3 Supply and demand. If the above is not true don't forget that although file sharing is about sharing there are still more people looking to get content and not enough people distributing it.

Hope this helps.