I am a long time WinMX user so I do have experience. I have the pc on 24/7, using the latest version & patches on WinXP, running a Secondary Connection, DSL connection, Westell DSL Modem. A week ago I came back from a trip to find my pc had received a Windows update that required a reboot. When I restarted WinMX it took a very long time to connect. Since that time it has been rare for anyone to connect for u/l - they get in my queue and almost immediately go to "Connection timed out", "Disconnected", "Connection aborted". When a connection is made and the u/l starts, the speed is actually faster than it has been. I have uninstalled and reinstalled WinMX, did a system restore, installed WinMX on another XP pc, built a Win 2000 Pro pc and installed WinMX - all with the same result. I have also tried with a dial up connection which seems to work better, but the speed averages less than 0.75 K/s. Anyone seen or heard of this or a similar problem?