1) how are you connected to the internet?
2) what program are you using?
3) are you running more than one p2p application on this same computer?
4) how may files are you trying to download at the same time.
5) what protocol are you using.. ftp, http, edonkey(emule), gnutella. etc?
6) what country are you in?
7) who is your internet provider?

what your ping rate to a large network company.. ping yahoo.com ?
9) How many sources are showing for the file your trying to download?
10) Where are you connecting to the internet.. home, work, school?
It could be any number of reason's why your slow. But I need more
information than wow my connection sucks..
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