Hi,Birdy,
firstly thanks for following up..i did another speed test..d/load was 846kb/ and upload was 355kb/s
secondly i called TM Net..they said they are not sure about limewire(that wasn't helpful) but other p2p like bittorent,bitlord,etc are slow because the service is such..well,that leaves limewire open for possibilities??but when i searched for other opinions,i found many malaysians saying that their limewire speed is awsome!!!(70-80kb/s)
i've tried port forwarding and changing ports but no avail..suprisingly,the d/loading speed of limewire is better when there is a brick wall(13-14kb/s)..how come??without the brick wall,the speed is terrible..i'm talking about 5-6kb/s!!!
lastly,i managed to get my file(********) but it was in french..i've tried divx and vlc player but i can't change it back to english..is there a way or the video track's audio has been permanently set to french??
thanks alot in advance Birdy..i hope to hear from you..
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Were they (TM Net) saying that 'p2p service' is "slow"? That would be a bit silly...considering that p2p speeds depend on so many factors & can be slow or fast, depending upon the number of hosts you're downloading from, your connection speed, their connection speed, how you & other hosts have your client configured etc etc Not to mentions ISPs shaping bandwidth

When I searched, I found mostly complaints about slow download speeds but there were some people who said that they had no probs with Streamyx...maybe it depends on the area you're in, network congestion at the time, distance from the exchange etc. I'm not too sure.

I have no idea why your LW download speed would drop after your port forwarding. Sounds bizarre to me. Of course it's up to you whether you want to operate with the firewall icon showing or without it...but if you're firewalled, other users will probably have a hard time downloading from you. Or may not be able to download from you at all.

You never said which version of LW you're using. You could try a newer version, might make a difference. Different versions behave in different ways on different computers. But if you do update & don't have your current installer saved, you'll lose the version you're using now.

I'm not sure about the audio on your file, I've never tried to add subtitles. But have a look at these threads, in case anything there helps. Otherwise, use the forum search to look for more threads.
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/open-d...subtitles.html
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/tips-t...subtitles.html

Or try one of these sites. it might be easier to try & find an English version of the file, though.
AfterDawn.com: Forums
Index - VideoHelp.com

Hi birdy,
firstly,thank you so much for the follow up..and thanks for the links to the audio-subtitle issue..you're awsome!!!

Ok..back to limewire/downloading speed issue...
i live around 5km away from the exchange port..my line has been known to cause problems but for sometime now,it has been good and kind to me..but that is still debatable on the speed issue

yesterday around 3-ish a.m,my speed improved tremendously(30-40KB/s)..i say tremendously because it's been such a long time since i saw speed as such..and then came a tsunami!!!..suddenly the speed went up to 311KB/s!!!!!(all speed mentioned refers to downloading speed)..but to my great dissapointment,it was only for a mere 9 seconds...i just couldn't explain this bizzare scenario..i continued downloading until 4.00a.m and throughout the entire time,the speed maintained itself,shifting between 20-30-40(never went up to more than that).maybe downloading during non-peak hours is better cuz less network congestion...

sigh..i'm happy that i managed to download my file eventho i sacrificed precious hours of sleep,but if i have to stay awake every night just to download things because the speed is good then,well..i'll prolly get fired or worst still,turn into a zombie..i'm still figuring that amazing 311KB/s i experienced..wonder whether it could happen again or of there is something i didn't do to keep it that way..

anyways,that all aside,i know this thread could prolly go on forever but you've been extremely helpful Birdy!!!i just want to say a big thank you for the replies so far..i know you have alot of threads to reply but i think you're doing an awsome job!!

here's one last thing i'm going to do..my office has a Riger ADSL Modem 2/2+
DB102 and a Aztech Wireless Broadband Router ( WL730RT4)both are connected to my desktop.i'm going to bring my laptop to the office and see whether the speed is better there.but i don't know how to do a port forwarding with those devices mentioned. could u help me with that??

thanks in advance birdy!!!hope to hear from you soon..

Just make sure to check that you're allowed to use p2p apps at work...lots of employers won't let staff use p2p.
The office router isn't listed at PortForward.com - Free Help Setting up Your Router or Firewall so you might have to ask the IT guys at work about how to set up port forwarding...they'll probably be able to help you with that.