My Steam Download speed ****

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#1 CrazyFox_444
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i got random Download speed between 0.1% KB/S - 33.0 KB/S on the games i download, all the time!!! i tested my connection at several internet pages were its 1500 KB/S Download and 750 KB/S Upload... so what the heck is wrong with steam?
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#2 Johnny_Rock
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i got random Download speed between 0.1% KB/S - 33.0 KB/S on the games i download, all the time!!! i tested my connection at several internet pages were its 1500 KB/S Download and 750 KB/S Upload... so what the heck is wrong with steam?CrazyFox_444

That's not very good. I just tested mine and it was 9878 KB/S down, 1785 KB/S up. Are you on dialup?

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#3 cobrax75
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Its probably a setting of some kind.
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#4 Gamerkat
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Your on 1mbit, thats bad, upgrade your internet to 6mbit or more.
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#5 Johnny_Rock
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Its probably a setting of some kind.cobrax75

Start Steam and go to File > Settings > Downloads > change the selection to the speed you have. See if that helps.

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#6 CrazyFox_444
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i tried all the connection speeds no luck im afraid, and im on ADSL... whats weird is even when i join games on CSS my Download rate stays the same dosent decrease at all but never goes above 50 kb/s the estimated time remaning is 6 hours blabla minutes..

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#7 SSCyborg
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I was just downloading a HL2 mod at 750kbps. lawl

it's your connection, way too slow

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#8 CrazyFox_444
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it just jumped to 989 kb/s for like 4 sec then returned to the classic 33 kb/s
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#9 grassdream
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Are you using a router? Try opening up the ports that steam uses.
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#10 deactivated-59da85d821feb
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It's really slow for me today as well. I'm on a 1MB connection (slow, but I live in a rural area so it's the fastest available) and I usually get around 100 kb/s, but today it's been about 5-15 kb/s. It'll probably be better tomorrow.
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#11 Fr4nka
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I have 16 mb/s down and 1 mb/s upspeed but still my steam keeps downloading @ 2-100 kb/s which pretty much annoys me since i downloaded CoD5 via steam on my other pc @ a steady speed of about 1.6 mb/s

Is it that the servers where CSS is on are on heavy traffic load?

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[QUOTE="CrazyFox_444"]i got random Download speed between 0.1% KB/S - 33.0 KB/S on the games i download, all the time!!! i tested my connection at several internet pages were its 1500 KB/S Download and 750 KB/S Upload... so what the heck is wrong with steam?Johnny_Rock

That's not very good. I just tested mine and it was 9878 KB/S down, 1785 KB/S up. Are you on dialup?

Wow 33.0KB/sec would be badass on dialup, no to mention 1500KB
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#13 kjghs
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you download speed it too slow . it's not steam's fault
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#14 pwilletts
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I remember when I had dial-up I would download stuff at 4-6kbps. The first day we had high speed I was in heaven.
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#15 deactivated-5b4bf92fc902e
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i got random Download speed between 0.1% KB/S - 33.0 KB/S on the games i download, all the time!!! i tested my connection at several internet pages were its 1500 KB/S Download and 750 KB/S Upload... so what the heck is wrong with steam?CrazyFox_444
Is that kilobit or kilobyte? My max download speed is about 360 kilobyte per second and I'm running on DSL.
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#16 Tuzolord
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Hes got a 1.5mbit connection as far as it looks, in this case he should be able to get about max 180kb/s (kilobytes) download speeds.
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#17 Captain__Tripps
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1500KB/sec would be like 10+ mbit/sec.... Even if he meant 1500Kb/sec, that is still not bad, and steam would still be slow.. (33kb/sec)
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#18 lettuceman44
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I don't understand how you guys are saying 1mb connections are too slow. I have that and everything is fine, my ping is always below 100, and online is smooth.
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#19 Doomraid
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hey... I have this problem too. I have wi-fi internet, unlimited downloads, everything i am downloading Left 4 Dead off steam. it said approx download time 2 hours 41 mins. Its been that time and 3%done ... download speed at 2-10 KB/s highly unusual anny tips??
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#20 Somedude812
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When downloading stuff from the orange box my download speed was steady at 40 kb/s. At the moment my Rome: Total War my downloads going at about 2 kb/s... estimated download time is 2 weeks... P.S. Try setting priorities bye going to task manager, Right-Clicking on download Select "Go To Process" Right click the process Hover over "Set Priorities" Set it to High or Realtime :D
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#21 liquidzero123
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I don't understand how you guys are saying 1mb connections are too slow. I have that and everything is fine, my ping is always below 100, and online is smooth.lettuceman44
1mb connection is fine for online gaming. Any 2 digit ping is fine.

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#22 kemar7856
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mines is ussuly at 2mb/s

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#23 dnuggs40
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When I download from STEAM it always maxes out my 6mbit connection...makes me wish FIOS was available in my area :(
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#24 James_Boags
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Hey everyone i had the same problem with better internet than most of you, But what this guy suggested actually worked. Give it a go worked great for the... Thanks mate ***** 5 stars for you
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#25 James_Boags
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[QUOTE="Somedude812"]When downloading stuff from the orange box my download speed was steady at 40 kb/s. At the moment my Rome: Total War my downloads going at about 2 kb/s... estimated download time is 2 weeks... P.S. Try setting priorities bye going to task manager, Right-Clicking on download Select "Go To Process" Right click the process Hover over "Set Priorities" Set it to High or Realtime :D

Sorry this 1 i was talking about
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#26 C_Rule
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Hmm... People in here who don't know their bits and bytes. Tch tch.
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#27 Elann2008
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He just said he tested his download speed and it's 1500 kb/s. Some of you guys are trying too hard to be funny when you're not.
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#28 Gammet25
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That happened at the beginning of my Black ops update download, give it 5 minutes then it'll go to 250kb/s.

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#29 andalore
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Everybody Will be downloading Black Ops for the next week :P I expected everything to slow down on steam because of this so I downloaded a few games yesterday to help me through the week :)

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#30 mase09
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I get around 250kb/s at home. Crappy DSL.

I usually download while I am at school, it maxes out at 1.1MB/s

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#31 HavocV3
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It's really slow for me today as well. I'm on a 1MB connection (slow, but I live in a rural area so it's the fastest available) and I usually get around 100 kb/s, but today it's been about 5-15 kb/s. It'll probably be better tomorrow.comeonthehoops

boy, can I relate to that.

idk TC, try going directly from your modem, unless you already are. I could always gain something by cutting out the middleman.

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#32 bonafidetk
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[QUOTE="CrazyFox_444"]i got random Download speed between 0.1% KB/S - 33.0 KB/S on the games i download, all the time!!! i tested my connection at several internet pages were its 1500 KB/S Download and 750 KB/S Upload... so what the heck is wrong with steam?Johnny_Rock

That's not very good. I just tested mine and it was 9878 KB/S down, 1785 KB/S up. Are you on dialup?

Dial up downloads at 5kbs. 1500kbs is about a 10mbit connection. Thats very good indeed for certain parts of the world.
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#33 djmm62
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Dont listen to the damn fools saying your connection is too slow, i'm adsl2 which normalydownloads at600 kb/s but steam downloads at 5- 50 kb/s. It is steam crap to blame.I can do a download off the net at 600 kb/s and at the same time steam 10 kb/s

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#34 C_Rule
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Epic thread resurrection up in hurr.
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#35 broken_bass_bin
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Why has this thread been resurrected like 4 times?

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#36 mAArdman
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Dont listen to the damn fools saying your connection is too slow, i'm adsl2 which normalydownloads at600 kb/s but steam downloads at 5- 50 kb/s. It is steam crap to blame.I can do a download off the net at 600 kb/s and at the same time steam 10 kb/s

djmm62



You are three years too late. He might have listened to a fool since then. Sorry.

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#37 Grey_Eyed_Elf
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Steam is fine...

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#38 JetB1ackNewYear
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ya i usally get about 1.5mbs
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#39 xXDrPainXx
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Try changing the server region, I know for the most part in the midwest area it defaults to Chicago and I changed mine to Detroit and my speeds have improved a little bit.