Steam Downloads seem slower

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#1 Chris_53
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Has anyone else been experiencing slower download speeds with Steam lately? I have a 20Mbps download speed (according to speedtest.net and BTs own speedtester) and my steam downloads at one point would be around 1.5MBps - 2.5MBps. Lately it has been around 500-700KBps. Anyone else experiencing this ?

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#2 bb0ymc
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maybe the steam servers are busy? :S

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#3 Raxzor
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Just checked now I am download at 3.4MB/s on a Virgin 30Mbps D/L speed. So am not sure why your speeds are like that mate :(

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#4 the_mitch28
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Steam has definately been slower for me lately.

I used to download at 3MB/s now im lucky to get 1MB/s.

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#5 Chris_53
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In the Steam settings, where it says "Your Approximate speed of your internet connection" I changed it from 256K (from when I had my old connection) to 10M Fibre/Cable. Do you think that could have actually caused my D/L speed to drop ?
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#6 Lonelynight
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I always have a d/l speed around 50-60 kb/s if I'm not loading anything else.
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#7 gameofthering
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Steam always downloads at about 600-700 KB/S

Yet itunes gives me around 2-3 Mb

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#8 SBmasta441
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My download speed has always been around 1.1- 2.3 MB/s. I just installed Fallout 3 last night and there didn't seem to be any difference. Maybe there's some server problems for the area you live in?

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#9 Rage010101
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no. a few hours ago, i downloaded/installed company of heroes gold and the valor expansion and my download was at 2.5M

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#10 kozzy1234
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Its on your end, last night I downloaded Deus Ex3 preload at 2.3 mb/s :P

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#11 cyanblues
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try changing your download region under settings and download/cloud

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#12 Cwagmire21
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Been slower for me as well, but I'm guessing that has more to do with it being close to the weekend and internet activity at my apartment complex goes way up on the weekends.

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#13 kris9031998
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Eh, i think its the opposite for me. Direct 2 Drive's installer is like 200-400 KBps, and steam is about 1.1-1.5 mbps.
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#14 Chris_53
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Its on your end, last night I downloaded Deus Ex3 preload at 2.3 mb/s :P

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Oh right, damn lol. I dont know what it is. I know my ping has gone up from 25ms to 45 so maybe its that. Everything else, e.g video streams, online gaming seems ok though.
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#15 Chris_53
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I did just download a file from a different website (one of the elder scrolls sites) and it downloaded at around 2.0-2.5MBps so im not sure whats going on, it must be something to do with me and steam.
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#16 DasBeerBoot
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Change your DL Region :D