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Old August 24th, 2005
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I had all sorts of problems when I got started with Limewire. As I learned, the reason I couldn't connect at first was because my connection is via a BT voyager ADSL router.

So, after much research, I discovered I needed to create a static IP then open & forward ports in order to use any p2p. It took a while but I managed to get it sorted, using Manual Port Forward on Limewire. Everything was great.

But recently I have noticed a marked drop in download speeds. Whether I'm downloading 1 file or 20 files, I only ever get a (combined) download speed of 5-6kbps. I'm on a 2mbps connection. I have just upgraded to v4.9.27 & have the same problem still.

I've just checked my connection speed & it's giving me true 2mbps. What's getting me is that it did work fine, then suddenly slowed down. Is my ISP taking a dim view of the way I use my connection & squeezing me out?

Any ideas greatfully appreciated.

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Hi JustinCredible

New To Limewire myself, use'd a lot of p2p programs

but what thing I've noticed quite a lot in the last few weeks is Isps are limiting the amount of your upload speed, I've got a 2.2mb/s connection which means I can download about 250KB/s but can now only upload at 256kb/s which is 25-27KB/s reasonablly, also you have to take into account that other people are uploading to 2 other people apart from you, although I only upload to 1 at a time to get their files uploaded faster
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I understand why downloads can sometimes be frustratingly slow. But something isn't right here. If I search for something common, where there might be, say 200 copies of the same file coming up on a search, that file will still download at no more than 5KB/s. And if I'm already downloading a file then that 6KB/s is split between both files, and they both download at appx 3KB/s. It's behaiving as though I'm on a much slower connection. But I've tested & tested my connection speed, which is true 2.2Mbps still.

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Hi JustinCredible

I am now having the same problem as you, also it seems that since I started using 4.9.28, that I'm having a lot of Transfer Interrupted uploads, went back to 4.9.23 where I wasn't having problems, but that now seems the same, I think that personally the network is having problems. Also something i've noticed is that a lot of the P2P programs are now becoming the same, my ISP which is Demon does not restrict my use of the internet, but what they have done is kept it to 256 upload which is about 31KB/s which realisticly is about 27KB/s upload, which lately on the P2P networks I've come no where near it uploading and I only upload 1 File at a time unless I know it's somebody is on 56k modems then I open up another slot, which gets their files up faster.

I have also noticed a great decrease on the download speed, even if I have say 200 sources, Limewire only downloads from 10 sources at a time, but even on the other P2P networks which will take from as many sources as possible, iv'e noticed that I'm lucky to get a 25KB/s download which is pathetic on a 250KB/s download connection, so I've come to the conclusion that the networks are now in a mess, also I've noticed a marked decrease in speed from Emule.

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256 kbps upload ability is about what you said, around 27-28 KB/s. Remember that there's always overhead loss. eg: http://www.pmasoft.net/englisch/oe/r...20internet.htm
Which represent between 13-over 20% of isp dedicated speeds.

Perhaps this might help: See the following link & follow "ALL" the off-shoot links to find hints & extra skills to help solve your problem: To continue files downlding (click on link)
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Hi Lord of the Rings

That's what I said the upload speed is 31KB/s which is about 27KB/s taking into account the overheads, I Have also looked at all the threads, what I was saying is the Networks are in a mess because of all the spammers, If you click on a link with more than say 3 sources, most of the time your download will drop to about 5-6 K download, because they F**** T3s get into the action, which as you know most of them are spammers and they restrict your download speed.

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avoid T3's at all costs. they have flooded the network with worms/viruses. even T1's are hard to dl from. I try to stick with fellow cable users, they seem to be the only honest lot out of the bunch.
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Hey Lord did you catch what JustinCredible said in the second post.
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Hi Sphinx

I Agree with you most of the cable/dsl users are genuine and that's who I download from as well.

But what i've found as well is that a lot of files cut off before they should, also another is that some p***** makes noises in the files

But generally I download from 1-2 sources

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I also download from T1 Connects

we're not all p******

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