Awful download speeds for files through skype

This has been going on for about 2 days now and it's getting more and more frustrating. I have used skype for years with no issues and NOW all of a sudden, i have issues. My problem is that i cannot download any file a friend sends me, but i am able to send them files just fine.
A 28MB file from a friends takes 18~ hours to download, my internet speeds are fine. 100 up 50 down so this doesnt make any sense to me. Not only does this happen to me on my desktop, it happens to me on my phone as well.
What can i do to fix this? I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling it, firewall on/off. Restarted my route rmultiple times. Only skype is getting this issue, i can download any file from anywhere just fine. So is it me? or Skype?

I've had the same issue with Oracle-hosted downloads lately. I've also heard stories from others in my office that they've been having similar problems for many months now.
The story is always the same: download speed starts out great, then tapers off to a few kB/second. Eventually, the connection is dropped, and the user is left with an incomplete / corrupt download.
Some have suggested that it's network related, as they have problems downloading from the office (which has multiple T1's), but no issues downloading the same file from home (basic home broadband setups).
If you're willing to be patient, a good download manager program (preferably one with resumable download support) can help you trudge through the problem. I ended up using Free Download Manager (http://www.freedownloadmanager.org) and letting my downloads run over a weekend, but there are many alternatives out there as well (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_download_managers).

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Loss of Power (Local/Remote):
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804 Kbps
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1000 Kbps
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