Don't forget to take a snapshot of the screen when you find something rare - being able to compare titles, file sizes and playing times could help you find the track in the future. Better to get it from another user with a faster connection or a less hectic download schedule. So if you find a title on a user's list - don't just hit it, search by title to make sure you get it from one with a faster uploading capacity. A lot of broadband users will open up many slots to allow leeching. Too many uploads often results in a 56k downloader being unable to complete his download before either user or the latter's ISP pulls the plug.
Less slots equals faster speeds and more completions.
You are better of in a queue for 15 minutes plus a 15 minute download, than a slow one hour slog. Even if you walk away from your computer for a couple of hours, you'll find that queuing downloads will get you better results - better 3 completes and 3 failures than 6 incompletes. Clients that can resume downloads are still rare and buggy. If you are a HotLine user, you can download a low priced shareware app' called HotFind. Created by Ben Vandevelde, this useful little application will make a list of all HotLine servers, allowing you to filter the number down to a select few by using keywords.