How long does it usually take to download a song from Limewire?

i just downloaded and installed limewire today so im not all an expert and how do i know which song on the result list i can download faster? thnx

How long does it usually take to download a song from Limewire?
If you are using a broadband connection it should only take you a few mins, however, the speed of the download has a few mitigating factors such as how many other songs you are downloading at the same time, the restrictions on uploading that the person my have put on how quickly you are able to download from them, and how many other people are online at the moment (if your using a shared internet connection).





To figure out which songs you can download faster look at the size of the file. Generally speaking you will be able to download smaller files faster; however, be wary, if you find two listings of the same song and one is really small (1-80kb) dont download that one since its probably a virus. Most songs are typically around 1000kb but it fluxuates depending on file format and the quality of the sound.
Reply:if you have the free version, it can take a minute or two. you can use a search engine to find and download limewire patches to make it go much faster. if you pay for limewire, it takes only a few seconds.





and when you are done downloading, go to file, disconnect, so you don't get a virus. i learned the hard way.
Reply:well, it depends on your internet connection. I mean, I have cable internet and I just pick anything that has cable or the T1 or T2 or T3 ones....they all do fairly well.
Reply:Depends on many things





Your connection





How many hosts your downloading from





How many files you have in your share file





All in all one song should take about five minutes
Reply:It depends on your connection speed and the number of hosts that have the file.





As a rough estimate -





Dial up 20 to 25 minutes





DSL 6 to 8 minutes





Cable 1 to 2 minutes
Reply:ok wlell i depends the internet speed u have dsl dialup? if its dsl it takes like about 40 secs and on dialup it takes like 5 hours oh the ones that download faster are the ones that have big numberos on the left where the little # icon is underit i mean always look for the one with the biggest number and yah oh yah always look for the dsl/t-1 icon or cable never the dialup one u can its just that itl go slow
Reply:If you have high-speed internet, not long at all. If, on the other hand, you have dial-up it could take hours.
Reply:not a long time -a minute or two-
Reply:Depends on the speed and connection of your computer.





If you have dialup, it could take hours.


If you have a fast connection, it could take a minute or two.
Reply:This depends on whether you have dial up, dsl or broadband. If you have high speed internet access, and the user you are downloading from has a highspeed access also, the song could be finished within a minute. However, if you are on dialup, it may take as long as 20 minutes to download a song, if not even longer.
Reply:it could take anywhere from a 30 seconds to 10 minutes depending on what you download and what kind of computer you have. plus limewire is illegal i think.
Reply:yea, it doesn't take that long. if the song is big or in good quality, it will take longer. but the longest it'll probably take is two minutes.





*just to let you know, downloading free music on limewire IS illegal*