I have exactly the same problem, my download starts but then within a few seconds the kb rate slowly moves down to 0 kb/s . Please help. I just installed that peer gaurdian program and my download improved slightly for a little bit but all the while still droppping to zero and getting stuck there. On 0 to 2 to 5 to 2 to 0 kb/s at a time for hours, I've grown pretty frustrated. You see, I'm trying to get this 700+ mb mpeg file(DS9) that I want so bad in my labtop but at this rate I'm not sure if I'm ever ganna get it seeing as how I'm only able to download this file if the people who has this is online(which I could tell is not that many having to wait days at a time before I could continue with the dowload again ). No matter how high the download rate fluctuates to, why does it keep dropping to back down to zero kb/s? And it's only with this file! All my other downloads were fine no matter how large it was never behaved like this. Can somebody out there tell what's goin on, like the previous person who posted above I've also been dowloading(mostly ST episodes) for quite some time and I've never ran into this problem before. Please tell me what I can do to fix this.

Are you using limewire to download torrents ??

Is it a torrent file that is giving you the problem ??

If yes....Don't use limewire for torrents, it's hopeless, try using utorrent...

The file maybe a fake....Have you checked the comments on it, either through Bitzi or the site that you selected the url ???

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I'm using Limewire version 4.16.6 and you'd have to forgive me but I'm really not familiar with the word "torrent"(I don't really know what that means). Why does the download rate fluctuate like this?( moving up and dropping to zero). Of all the files I've downloaded, I've never noticed this kind of odd behaviour before and I'm pretty sure it's not a fake file considering these are the kind of files I've been downloading for quite some time and I've grown familliar to what is and what isn't. Heres an example of one of my most recent completed download(S**r T**k V*Y - 4x01 & 4x02 - End Game.avi), not a fake. The one I'm downloading now is labeled roughly the same and it's patricaly the same size.

Can you tell me the best settings I can use for both Peer Gaurdian and Limewire to best optimize download?(how many lines should I allow, upload settings etc.) Because my current dowload is pain-stakingly fluctuating in and around the 5 kb/s margin(very, very slow ), and if I get lucky(which I get allot by the way)the download stops and displays "waiting for busy host". Then I'd have to select "resume download" again which resumes the download almost right away .

Maybe you just have really bad hosts on this one...Or it's some sort of fake...You should always check your files with Bitzi before downloading...

How to use Bitzi Web Lookup .. & How to use Magnet Links & Direct Connect/Browse/Chat

To optimise your limewire settings have a look through this thread...

Maximizing upload/download Success LimeWire

If you want to give torrents a try have a read through this What is a torrent?
and then install utorrent (it's about the easiest to understand when you are just starting out)....

µTorrent - The Lightweight and Efficient BitTorrent Client

Also have a look through the guides at Peer Guardian for the best configuration setup...
PeerGuardian 2:Manual - Phoenix Labs Wiki

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