..ok very dumb bunny but T1 to T3 is short for what ?

..turbo ? and 1-3 is the number of bars ?

..cos i can't find the answer anywhere

Don't know what the T stands for (try searching with Google), but it's just referring to how fast a connection you have
Speeds

..kkk, sussed, even if not in the FAQs there's a whole thread on it in another section

..now to try and understand the thread.....

.. http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showthread.php?t=27036