I'm getting 500-800 KB/s on average. I just upgraded my router today and on speedtest.net I'm getting 11 mb/s and about 2.1 MB/s from Los Angeles, which is where I told Steam to download from. Why is it so horrible? What do you guys usually get? This download rate is unacceptable...

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11 millibits per second damn son that's bad.

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I get 100-300KB/s and thats great for me stop complaining about decent speeds :(

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+1 me too

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on paper i have 10 mb internet (on my lines 8, no more) and download on steam 900-1,3.

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You should check what your plan is rated at. If you're supposed to get higher than what you're getting, then try tweaking your router settings. Also consider third-party firmware such as DD-WRT or Tomato for further tweaking (very advanced users). If you're using an 802.11b/g wireless signal (2.4GHz), then move the router up high (should be anyway), and as close to you as possible (and/or any repeaters/bridges/wireless adapters). Try a parabolic reflector on both the router and what you use to receive the signal (if possible). Move the router away from microwaves, fans, etc. Use a different channel than everyone else in your neighborhood (try to get at least 3 channels away).

Other than that, just research.

Source: years of experience + being OCD about my wireless connections.

EDIT: Also, take a look at InSSIDer to find out what channels your neighbors are using (if they're using 802.11n and you're on 802.11b/g, then you won't have to worry about their channels as much since they operate at 5GHz).

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I have around 1.2 mb/s on steam. My plan is 12 mb/s download and 5mb/s upload. I'm like it, no complaints :D. And trust me that's not that bad.

Edit: Oh I remembered that I used to get around a extremely unstable 100 kb/s because of darn DSL. It kept on going off and on every five minutes or so. You really shouldn't be complaining, because that not bad download speed.

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My DSL does it all the time. But since I have no better option available I have to stick with this crappy DSL. :/

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max inet speed 5mb/sec -> steam gives me 4mb/sec = happy

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HORRIBLE?

I have BEST DL speed of 0,25Mbyte / second

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speedtest 31Mbit actual download speed 4.1MB/s average and the biggest I've ever recorded was 7MB/s idk what had happened to my internet but it only lasted a few hours and then it was fixed and my speed went back down to 4MB/s average download speed :D

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Speedtest.net shows result in Mbit/s not MB/s. Mbit/10 = real speed. For example, for me Speedtest.net shows 10mbit/s. 10mbit/10=1mb/s which is my maximum download speed (sometimes it goes to 1,2MB/s but that's rare).

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8 may be bit more precise but then again - in Steam sometimes I get 5mb/s download speed :D

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11mb/sec usually for me it cost like 20$ a month i can have 22mb/sec if i pay 10 $ more

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http://www.speedtest.net/result/2670206201.png

Costs 30€ (39.07200 U.S. dollars)

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Change your download location. I got like 70 kb/s when CoH2 Beta was released. Changed it from Romania to Hungary and I could download the game again with like 3 mb/s

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Usually about 400 kbps :(

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100kbs if I'm lucky.

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Try pausing the download and resuming, it often speeds up that way.

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First of all, people already told you about the difference between Mb and MB =)

Second, I almost always have 10 MB/s speeds, thanks to the Ukrainian Steam server =) Like this

Third, don't talk about SLOW speeds - there are people here who had 4-6 kB/s speeds in the early 2000s ;)

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I think you need to unclog your series of internet tubes.

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I used to download at the max speeds of 700kb/s but now that my router has been upgraded it reaches 7-8mb/s.

:D

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Closed 1 decade ago by C4m3r0n.