so then there is no real way to get those higher then what they are?

If your Limewire really is configured to optimum performance then no... Well not on the files you are currently downloading at least.

If you had a faster connection then buying Pro and trying to reach Ultrapeer status might have helped.

But with a slow connection there is not really much that you can do other than configuring Limewire to the max

Some legit files have more than a few hosts, but if you are going to try that remember to use Bitziweb lookup to check if the files are really what they say they are

right-click on searchresult and choose lookup file with bitzi