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    Anyone else getting horribly slow download rates on steam?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Rambisco, Dec 25, 2011.

  1. Rambisco

    Rambisco Notebook Consultant

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    I'm getting 25 KBPS right now downloading skyrim, and I really don't want to wait 30 hours...
     
    Rambisco, Dec 25, 2011
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    I would say that it is your network, but just as a hypothesis, I think you should restart your computer.

    If that does not work, restart your modem and router.

    If that does not work, contact Steam and ask them.

    if that does not work, hmmmm.
     
    SniperTNT, Dec 25, 2011
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    Everybody and their sister is probably downloading steam games today. I wouldn't be too much in a hurry to play.
     
    muerteman, Dec 25, 2011
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    Steam is just overloaded probably. I am still trying to do yerterday's achievement, but Gangwars can't start since it is "not available".
     
    DRevan, Dec 25, 2011
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    I'm getting pings of 20 in game, but that isn't necessarily linear with download rates. I'll run a speedtest.net to see where the problem lies..
     
    Rambisco, Dec 25, 2011
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    [​IMG]

    ... Steam...
     
    Rambisco, Dec 25, 2011
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    As others say it may just be an increase in traffic which is slowing down the service. That said I didn't notice any sudden slowdowns when I was downloading games from Steam, I was averaging around 500kb/s-1MB/s download rate today.
     
    PatchySan, Dec 25, 2011
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    I redownloaded GangWars just now, down speed was 1,6MB/s.
     
    DRevan, Dec 25, 2011
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    Must be Pennsylvania region? I'll check their server list, but I live in texas and am used to amazing download rates on steroids, and pings of 12. :3 I'm too spoiled, but this really is maddening.

    EDIT: Changing my download region from texas to philadelphia. Hopefully this helps.

    It did help, but rates fluctuate from 300 to 30..

    Switched from Philadelphia to DC, rates are at 500KBPS. :D
     
    Rambisco, Dec 25, 2011
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    happens every holiday. Download speeds go to a crawl.
     
    HTWingNut, Dec 25, 2011
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    Yeah, switching your download region can help, just keep trying different ones until you get a decent speed.
     
    c4sc4, Dec 25, 2011
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    The trick is sometimes to not only switch local download region but continent entirely.
     
    preview, Dec 26, 2011
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  13. ViciousXUSMC

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    Servers probably under heavier load than normal due to the winter sales and events.

    People buying discounted games and others (like myself) installing games they already own to do the achievements.

    Usually for me switching a server does not help much, but luckily m d/l speeds seem to be pretty good I can get 2-3mb/s most of the time.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Dec 26, 2011
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