Posted by Tom Crooze on 02/26/07 07:56

"Manelli Family" <cx_manelloi@invalid.net> wrote in message
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> "Morton Davis" <antikerry@go.com> wrote in message
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>> "The Manelli Family" <cx_manelloi@invalid.net> wrote in message
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>>> What's with WinMX these days? I can't download anything. Everything
>>> either
>>> "times out," says "Queued Locally" for hours and hours or if there's a
>>> connection the downloads fade away and drop off after a few minutes.
>>> Everyone who tries to download from me times out. This isn't how it was
>>> a
>>> few months ago.
>>>
>> Ask your question here http://winmxworld.com where the folk who wrote the
>> program hang out.
>
>
> I didn't see anyplace there to find out why everything times out or slows
> to a crawl.
>
>>
>>> Is there a better program for downloading than WinMX?
>>>
>>> TIA.......
>>>
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>>

I had the same situation with my cable ISP. They employ bandwidth shaping
technique which basically screws WinMX up totally.
If downloads DO start at all , they crawl at 1 or 2 kps and then give up.
I've tried switching ports which was one of the recommended solution , but
it doesn't really help.
Strangely enough , Limewire doesn't seem to be effected , but I don't really
like Limewire. Try Googling the " name of your ISP and WinMX slow downloads
to see if any other users on the same company are complaining of a similar
situation

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