On 02-05-16 at 20.57 Ken A said:

>I am fairly new to this downloading mp3 thing and I am
>wondering what people think of the program in general and
>what problems they are having with it.
>
>Are there other options  or versions that are better?
>
>I just recently downloaded version 1.6 and seem to have an
>upload problem, it stalls partway through, and some extremely
>slow download speeds. Downloads are in the 200 bytes/s range.
>I do have a 24/7 high speed connection.  I understand about
>system load and such, just wondering if this is the norm as I
>am sure there is high demand being filled.
>
>Thanks, Ken

Hi!

It may be me, but I just downloaded 1.6, found it couldn't connect, downgraded to my 
previous 1.5 and soon had the program workable for me again. I use it with Mac OS 9.1, 
over a DSL line (downstream 2.5 Mbit/s), so I've got the bandwidth. And I use it with 
a G4 Cube. So it may be different for you.

But if you haven't tried with 1.5, send me a private email, and I'll send it out to 
you. 1.5 is fairly speedy but it seems it cannot download more than one piece at a 
time. Still, I ventured to set my NetBarrier firewall to 'No restrictions' and 
suddenly it went 5-10 times more efficient. Close to as efficient as the Wintel and 
Mac OS X (Sputnix) satellites seem to be.

NB. Filesharing networks are subject to lots of controversy. And people do use them in 
different ways. But personally, for the last 18 months, thanks to musical discoveries 
via filesharing over the Internet I've purchased (at sometimes very high costs) 50-60 
Polish, Greek, Japanese and other legit CDs. So at least I've paid my due....

My 2�
Per
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