Ridiculously SLOW download speeds.....HELP!!!

my friend let me borrow his Kane & Lynch game and when i went to download the update data it said that it would take over 120 minutes to download 540 MB........my friend told me that when he did it it took just over 10 minutes on his system.....he has a cable connection while im running on DSL so i figured this could have something to do wit it being so slow but this is the first time a download has taken so long out of all the games i've played.....i would appreciate any help that any1 has to offer....thx in avance

my friend let me borrow his Kane & Lynch game and when i went to download the update data it said that it would take over 120 minutes to download 540 MB........my friend told me that when he did it it took just over 10 minutes on his system.....he has a cable connection while im running on DSL so i figured this could have something to do wit it being so slow but this is the first time a download has taken so long out of all the games i've played.....i would appreciate any help that any1 has to offer....thx in avance

craizeeloko

no i wasnt using my computer i just let it download and came back about half hour later and it was still moving slow....its just frustating and makes me not even wanna play the game anymore

Well it's definately your internet connection. It doesn't take that long for me.

^ my thoughts exactly kids are spoiled today download speed wise...Remember back in the day when you downloaded stuff at 10k per second if you were lucky?

It could possibly be because the game is not supported much anymore so the download would be slower due to less servers being up on the publisher's part. CosmoKing7717

i gotta say that out of all the replies, ur seems to make the most sense....after the download was finally complete i was playin the game and i can understand y it isnt supported much......its not too good, gameplay reminds me a lot of freedom fighters but freedom fighter was way better....anyway thx

I get 500 KB/sec, on WiFi for my PS3. Pretty decent.leeveeu

i dunno i pay for a 20mb cable connection, and well everything is fast on my part..maybe its just your router or router settings or signal strength is low might wanna check those...

well the kid with sbc with 1.29mb...thas soooo slow...theres your problem.. lol not the ps3 fault..or anything but your connection blows

no i wasnt using my computer i just let it download and came back about half hour later and it was still moving slow....its just frustating and makes me not even wanna play the game anymore

craizeeloko

That was one of the many gripes I had with PSN, everything downloads so damn slow. I guess that's the cost for a free service.gamer082009

[QUOTE="gamer082009"]That was one of the many gripes I had with PSN, everything downloads so damn slow. I guess that's the cost for a free service.kraken2109

[QUOTE="kraken2109"][QUOTE="gamer082009"]That was one of the many gripes I had with PSN, everything downloads so damn slow. I guess that's the cost for a free service.gamer082009

[QUOTE="kraken2109"][QUOTE="gamer082009"]That was one of the many gripes I had with PSN, everything downloads so damn slow. I guess that's the cost for a free service.gamer082009

An important thing about DSL to take into consideration is the distance you are away from the nearest hub. Depending on how far away from the CO you are, the slower your performance is going to be and the type of dsl you are going to be using. Truth be told, you need to be within a mile of the nearest hub in order to get the max performance out of your dsl connection. After 2 miles, you start to lose a good deal of performance in your connection and use a different version of dsl at that point (basically without getting to technical). The exact amount of loss you get can vary from provider to provider, but distance will always affect your speeds. You can do a quick Google search about DSL and distance and find out alot more.

Just something to take into consideration as a possible secondary factor to your slow downloads at times.

An important thing about DSL to take into consideration is the distance you are away from the nearest hub. Depending on how far away from the CO you are, the slower your performance is going to be and the type of dsl you are going to be using. Truth be told, you need to be within a mile of the nearest hub in order to get the max performance out of your dsl connection. After 2 miles, you start to lose a good deal of performance in your connection and use a different version of dsl at that point (basically without getting to technical). The exact amount of loss you get can vary from provider to provider, but distance will always affect your speeds. You can do a quick Google search about DSL and distance and find out alot more.

Just something to take into consideration as a possible secondary factor to your slow downloads at times.

maybe your bandwidth is already being used my a pc or maybe the there servers are down.

I have cable and had slow download speeds, I got a new router and everything works much better nowAdamPA1006

Well it's definately your internet connection. It doesn't take that long for me.

Bioshockraptor