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    My Inconsistent download speeds?

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by jaboyle, Dec 15, 2008.

  1. jaboyle

    jaboyle Notebook Geek

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    Ok, I sometimes download games from STEAM or Direct2Drive.com,


    when you are downloading a game it tells you your download speed, mine averages at 155-165 kb/s.

    But sometimes it will sky high to around 700+ for a few seconds then drop .... ?

    whats happening ? Is it possible for me to get a download speed of 700+ or is my wireless router limiting my download speeds or something?


    any advice would be greatly appreciated !

    Cheers ! :D
     
    jaboyle, Dec 15, 2008
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    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    It's either your ISP's systems, or loading on the servers you're downloading from.
     
    Shyster1, Dec 15, 2008
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  3. jaboyle

    jaboyle Notebook Geek

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    what if its my 'ISP's' ??
     
    jaboyle, Dec 15, 2008
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    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Other than calling the ISP up to see if there's anything going on with their systems, or if they use download throttling as a primitive means of load-balancing their own servers, there's not much to be done.
     
    Shyster1, Dec 15, 2008
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  5. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    It might be your router causing the bottleneck but to make sure, try plugging it via ethernet for a hardwired connection.

    I dont think it is your ISP. What is your connection speed?

    Its most likely the server/s the traffic is comming from.
     
    flipfire, Dec 15, 2008
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    Most games servers act like this, all depends how many people are downloading at a particular time, so the file transfer goes high and low as a consequence, nothing to do to keep it constant high.
     
    Wirelessman, Dec 15, 2008
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