Hi Abarceo

I see that you are having certain problems which maybe caused by your ISP.

Anyway, two things that jump out at me could be clues to your current predicament:

You said: andThis suggests to me that your ISP, ARABSWELL, has probably installed "Bandwidth Shaping" equipment (aka P2P Throttling).

What this equipment does is heavily curtail P2P use while allowing other internet traffic through unhindered. If I am correct, and depending on how aggressive your ISP is in regards to P2P traffic, you could find that you can use LW at certains times when P2P throttling is toned down or switched off.

However, from what you have said your ISP is throttling your P2P connection aggressively but not to the extent where you can't use LW.

If you can, I would suggest that you ask your ISP if they are partially or fully curtailing P2P traffic on the internet. If they are only partially curtailing its use then when is the best time for P2P usage.

Good Luck



UK Bob

How are you Bob? Nice to hear from you again.

Actually, I am happy using my LW without firewall and served me with my main purpose. Of course if there is a way to increase my download bandwidth, I can say it's perfect...

Well at present, I am still working with the foregoing suggestions by our friends here. I am almost done from using the java 1.5, deleting limewire in my documents & settings, changing compatibility setting, and switching to administrator as current user. Though I didn't try java 1.4 yet, the result is still NEGATIVE and no improvement.

If my ISP(ARABSWELL) is using bandwidth shaping equipment, I think it is continuously used or switched "ON". Since I started using LW (24hrs a day), my download bandwidth is always within 10 to 15KB/s only. Therefore, I better try another ISP keeping in mind to get rid of the bandwidth shaping thing.

In addition to the above, when I am downloading files from any other sites, my download speed starts at 40KB/s then continuously dropping at 13KB/s. If this hold the case, same thing is happening to my LW. I may say that the settings of my LW has nothing to do with the bandwidth.

I'll keep in touched for any development and hoping to hear more from you.

abarceo