Thanks for clearing this up. Hits can mean two things uploads/downloads, I thought you meant hits on your shared files. As for DSL, you didnt say in your post so I read your mind. Must have been someone else I read.
I think that Swabby is doing a good job of keeping up with all the new improvements, so give him a chance and as new versions come out you should see things improve.
It is nice to know that most gnucleus users upgrade when stable versions are available.
Basicly you are complaining that when you use LW but get connected to a lot of gnucleus ultrapeers, it seems that you don't get as many search hit returns back and thus your life isn't complete.
Can you tell what version of gnucleus you mostly connect to? Is there any chance you connect to a university network and that is limiting your "hits". Meaning is the first numbers of the IP for these ultrapeers close to the same?