Why Does Downloading from the PSN Store Take SOOOOOOOO Long?!?

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#1 jz4evr
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I just got a ps3 a few days ago, mainly for blu-ray movies, but i've been downloading from the PSN store and the dl times are CRAZY! Videos that are 250mb take over 3 hours. i started dling ninja gaiden sigma last night and i took atleast 8 hours (not sure cuz i fell a sleep at 4). is it that bad for everyone else? if so how do they plan to roll out a movie dl service? i know you get what you pay for but come on they need to have at least more then 1 server (it seems). it's so slow that a 28k modem is faster. COME ON! On XBL the same video that takes over 3 hours on PSN takes maybe 5 minutes, and the demo that's 1gig that takes more then 8 hours to dl on PSN takes at the MOST 1 hour (and that's being slow). I would rather pay a little bit so i don't have to leave my ps3 on all day to dl a few trailers and a demo.

---rant over--- :P

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#2 emeritus
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Because the servers are in Japan.
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#3 Masoa
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lol?
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I just got a ps3 a few days ago, mainly for blu-ray movies, but i've been downloading from the PSN store and the dl times are CRAZY! Videos that are 250mb take over 3 hours. i started dling ninja gaiden sigma last night and i took atleast 8 hours (not sure cuz i fell a sleep at 4). is it that bad for everyone else? if so how do they plan to roll out a movie dl service? i know you get what you pay for but come on they need to have at least more then 1 server (it seems). it's so slow that a 28k modem is faster. COME ON! On XBL the same video that takes over 3 hours on PSN takes maybe 5 minutes, and the demo that's 1gig that takes more then 8 hours to dl on PSN takes at the MOST 1 hour (and that's being slow). I would rather pay a little bit so i don't have to leave my ps3 on all day to dl a few trailers and a demo.

---rant over--- :P

jz4evr

either your exaggerating the times a little or you have one really bad connection

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#5 jz4evr
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[QUOTE="jz4evr"]

I just got a ps3 a few days ago, mainly for blu-ray movies, but i've been downloading from the PSN store and the dl times are CRAZY! Videos that are 250mb take over 3 hours. i started dling ninja gaiden sigma last night and i took atleast 8 hours (not sure cuz i fell a sleep at 4). is it that bad for everyone else? if so how do they plan to roll out a movie dl service? i know you get what you pay for but come on they need to have at least more then 1 server (it seems). it's so slow that a 28k modem is faster. COME ON! On XBL the same video that takes over 3 hours on PSN takes maybe 5 minutes, and the demo that's 1gig that takes more then 8 hours to dl on PSN takes at the MOST 1 hour (and that's being slow). I would rather pay a little bit so i don't have to leave my ps3 on all day to dl a few trailers and a demo.

---rant over--- :P

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either your exaggerating the times a little or you have one really bad connection

Not at all actually. Itimed the video's. My wireless connection is one of thefastest on the market. Iusing an N wireless router. Everything elsein my house runs super fastincluding my 360 and pc. oh well.

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#6 deathstar1
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I had the same problem when i first got mine. Change the channel on your router to either 1 or 11 (i use 11) and you'll be good.
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[QUOTE="gamer26690"][QUOTE="jz4evr"]

I just got a ps3 a few days ago, mainly for blu-ray movies, but i've been downloading from the PSN store and the dl times are CRAZY! Videos that are 250mb take over 3 hours. i started dling ninja gaiden sigma last night and i took atleast 8 hours (not sure cuz i fell a sleep at 4). is it that bad for everyone else? if so how do they plan to roll out a movie dl service? i know you get what you pay for but come on they need to have at least more then 1 server (it seems). it's so slow that a 28k modem is faster. COME ON! On XBL the same video that takes over 3 hours on PSN takes maybe 5 minutes, and the demo that's 1gig that takes more then 8 hours to dl on PSN takes at the MOST 1 hour (and that's being slow). I would rather pay a little bit so i don't have to leave my ps3 on all day to dl a few trailers and a demo.

---rant over--- :P

jz4evr

either your exaggerating the times a little or you have one really bad connection

Not at all actually. Itimed the video's. My wireless connection is one of thefastest on the market. Iusing an N wireless router. Everything elsein my house runs super fastincluding my 360 and pc. oh well.

Must be your connection because it took me less than 15 mins to dl the Sigma demo.

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#8 tgrace
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Must be your connection because it took me less than 15 mins to dl the Sigma demo.

CajunShooter

Same here. I don't think it has taken me any longer than 20 min. to download anything.

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#9 soldier1993
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Iam not having the same problems!

I live in Brazil, and the connection here is great! I got ninja gaiden in 25 minutes or less

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#10 Teyon
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The only thing that ever took me very long to download were the very first update to my PS3 (back in April) and the video of Metal Gear Solid 4 from E3. Eveyrthing else is pretty speedy. Whereas, on my nephew's XBox Live, we have to wait (on average) 2-4 hours for a download of a demo. Mind ye now, I've never waited 2 hours for anything on my PS3. An hour once (that first update) but that's the longest. Even FolkSoul downloaded in about 10 to 20minutes.
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#11 jz4evr
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well guess i gotta figure out how to change the channel. :P
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#12 poogawotta
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To all those people who say they download 1 gb things in like under 20 minutes. I have a question for you.

What is the speed of your connection, your ISP and your plan?
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#13 Teyon
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I'm using a Cable Modem. I am a Road Runner Subscriber but I don't use the Road Runner software. My connection hovers around 700KB or so. I'm also a New Yorker and download files between 6 and 10 pm EST depending on when I feel like it. I like the colors Blue and Black. I've been a 3D modeler for several years and ...uh...is there any other personal info you want?

As an aside, you can have a blazing system but if the place you're downloading from has a slow one, there'll be a bottleneck. So that may be the problem you're having on certain things you download.

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#14 rogerjak
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It's your connection that sucks...or your server is having problems. I DL Folklore demo( it over 1Gb) it only took 30-45 minutes!!
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#15 inspectre
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I'll chime in and say that my download speeds have been quick as well. I downloaded all the E3 trailers and Super Stardust HD very quickly in just a few minutes.
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#16 poogawotta
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Hmmm, Internet connections do suck in Australia, so that might be the reason. (I have like 1.5Mbps i think)

Also, to the first poster, 1GB every 8 hours is not slower than 28k, when my Internet slowed down once to 64k, it took me like 30+ hours of downloading to download GTHD (690MB). Also that wasn't an exaggeration.
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#17 deathstar1
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just type your ip address in your internet browser (ex.192.168.0.1) then login, the default is usually admin/admin and search around until you find the wireless channel settings. The default is usually set to 6. Change this either up or down (higher number = higher frequency) so you won't have any interferance with any other wireless devices. Save and exit and if your still having problems try again with a channel on the other end of the spectrum.
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#18 jz4evr
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I had the same problem when i first got mine. Change the channel on your router to either 1 or 11 (i use 11) and you'll be good.deathstar1

i changed it to what you said and it's actually running much faster but still not as fast as it should. i'm gonna play around with it a little more and see what i can do. thanks!

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#19 jz4evr
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:cry: it has slowed back down to a crawl. i dl the gta trailer and it was under 5 min. then i tired the lair video and now it's back to a like it was before! ahhh!:P alright back to work i guess.
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#20 dstryr13
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is your router password protected?
maybe someone is stealing your connection and is creating high traffic
also try shutting down the internet on your computer, even shut down your computer

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#21 avlin1122
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I remember the 2nd time I dl'd Resistance demo, it took a loooooong time. Maybe an hour, but that's the only thing that took me more than 10 - 15 min. I dl'd some stuff from E3 last night - it was almost lightnening fast. Everything was 5 min or less, even the Mgs trailer was about 7 min.
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#22 freham2001
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So yall suck big time. Mine takes for effing ever. Not as long as the tc's but definately not 10-25 minutes. Thats insane!!! Can you make it dl faster?
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#23 chrisjackson85
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i think the people who say its fast are lucky then,

im in the UK, im certainly not on a poor connection, im on a 20mb connection (2.5mbps) and it always downloads from the PSN at just 1mb (120kbps)