Why does these cases always seem so hopeless?

Well, that's because most people doesn't seem to know about DC++, make a search for it on google or eniro and find one of the best downloading programs there is... Forget about Kazaa and virus programs like that, DC++ is the place where you choose which hub you want to enter, and where you share what you want to share in order to get in to the best hubs... This program is mostly used by Swedish people, and because of that, the hubs and the downloading speed is often much better than if it had been used mostly by US people where the internet line sucks.