It could well be that talktalk is part of the problem, but would they really slow my downloads without stopping them? I mean, after manually forwarding a port, i started getting downloads of up to about 10kb/sec, and although this is a lot slower than the used to be, downloads are still eventually successful and searches return results. I don't see why talktalk would place such sanctions on my downloads without completely stopping them. But again, judging by the link you sent me, they do seem to be a troubling company for the p2p community.