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#1 DVDFAN
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Just in case anyone is still reading this thread, I received a nice response from Gamespot technical support.  Apparently they are in the process of installing a new highspeed download server and that's the reason for the recent reduction in download speeds.  We should be back up to highspeed downloads soon!

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#2 DVDFAN
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I have noticed that there has been almost no official help or comment on the slowdown issue from Gamespot.  It's strange because the "highspeed" download server is supposed to be much faster for us total access members, so they aren't really standing by their loyal customers.  I wonder if throttling has become a corporate edict from the managing company?

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#3 DVDFAN
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Cox is my ISP.  Download speeds and overall performance on other networks is no problem.  Was able to download a 100MB patch from another site in about 2-3 minutes that Gamespot was telling me would take about 35 minutes at less than 100 kb/sec.  So it's got to be something with the Gamespot server.
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#4 DVDFAN
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Something has to be going on.  Like you, I've been a member for years and I've always been very happy with Gamespot, but the serious slowdown in available bandwidth is becoming a major problem.
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#5 DVDFAN
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Thanks for the reply.  It seems that the download speeds start at about 250 kb/sec but then drop down to almost an even 100 kb/sec in just a few moments after the download starts.  If I start a second download at the same time, the exact same thing happens and I end up with the 2 downloads progressing at about 100 kb/sec.  Feels like my download speeds are being throttled down for some reason, but I know that Gamespot vehimently denies that it does that, so I'm not sure what's going on.

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#6 DVDFAN
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I am definitely having this problem.  About three weeks ago all of my downloads became very slow.  It's not a problem with streaming video, only with downloads.  Right now I am trying to download a 100 MB patch and it told me that it would take over 35 minutes.  A similar download off another website took slightly under 2 minutes.  Any idea what the problem is?
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#7 DVDFAN
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I am a total access member and have been for years.  During the past few weeks I have noticed that whenever I try to download a file, the download speeds are extremely slow.  I know it is not a problem with my highspeed internet access because I have no bandwidth problems with other websites that I visit.  Is there some kind of problem right now with the total access download servers?  Any idea when this problem will be corrected?

Thank you.