Sorry for that misunderstanding, obviously when people refer to downloading on these forums people are likely to assume you mean downloading with mIRC!
I doubt there is much of a solution to your problem other than getting a better ISP [package] or see if they can provide "bandwidth throttling". As you say, you also d/c from MSN Messenger so it's not solely an mIRC issue.
Nevetheless, I hope that thread or the search feature provide some help
Regards,
