512 kbps = kpbs/8 - overhead = real speed in Kilo Bytes per second

The downld speed is usually dependent upon your sources. So if you can find more sources for that particular file, with any luck you'll get faster speeds. (Unless your ISP has anti-p2p techniques such as bandwidth shaping when they detect p2p programs being used.)

Test your LW speed out with a magnet link from here http://www.magnetmix.com/video.shtml

Ok, you were right - it is a scam- The company figures in the list you sent via the link http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...879#post119879
AND I called my credit card company - the payment is processed and in Europe, you can only contest/oppose in writting - no phone, no mail- and only once you have recived the bill at the end of the month. So there goes...
I'm trying to test LW using the magneticmix link The Scene Episode 001 (whatever that is ) and it's loading from 8 hosts at at varying speed of 8 KB/s to 15 KB/s... how's that?