well that''s some scumbaggery if I ever saw it...

[kingjames488]

for some reason steam randomly throttles my downloads so I can't even download my games anymore and steam just be like "it's a you problem... try contacting your local network administrator."

I AM THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR!!

so ok, I've contacted myself and tested my network and it's still a steam problem!!

is there some new part of the TOS that says they don't even have to let me download my games anymore?!

[Crazy Tiger]

Origineel geplaatst door kingjames488:

is there some new part of the TOS that says they don't even have to let me download my games anymore?!

No. Also no issue regarding that on my end, just downloaded and installed a few games.

Sounds like a rights problem on your end, those can actually be caused by stupid security programs and OS updates. Might need to check things like the event viewer to see what's interfering.

[BJWyler]

Origineel geplaatst door Crazy Tiger:

Origineel geplaatst door kingjames488:

is there some new part of the TOS that says they don't even have to let me download my games anymore?!

No. Also no issue regarding that on my end, just downloaded and installed a few games.

Sounds like a rights problem on your end, those can actually be caused by stupid security programs and OS updates. Might need to check things like the event viewer to see what's interfering.

Yup, never had an issue with Steam here either. Whenever I have a problem, it always ends up being my ISP. I guess we need to have required learning for Internet use now.

Truth be told, I get some of my fastest downloads with Steam. Whenever I have a ton of games to update, or a big one to download, I figure I'll go make a sammich and surf YouTube for cat videos, the downloads are done by the time I get the mayo on the bun.

[kingjames488]

Origineel geplaatst door Crazy Tiger:

Origineel geplaatst door kingjames488:

is there some new part of the TOS that says they don't even have to let me download my games anymore?!

No. Also no issue regarding that on my end, just downloaded and installed a few games.

Sounds like a rights problem on your end, those can actually be caused by stupid security programs and OS updates. Might need to check things like the event viewer to see what's interfering.

it downloads fine for a while, it's only when it's left on over night to download larger games... and at some point steam throttles the connection to like 20kbps.

everything else works fine... restarting steam fixes the problem.

I don't think there's an error to show up in the event log, steam just starts to throttle the connection at some point I guess?

[Crazy Tiger]

Origineel geplaatst door kingjames488:

Origineel geplaatst door Crazy Tiger:

No. Also no issue regarding that on my end, just downloaded and installed a few games.

Sounds like a rights problem on your end, those can actually be caused by stupid security programs and OS updates. Might need to check things like the event viewer to see what's interfering.

it downloads fine for a while, it's only when it's left on over night to download larger games... and at some point steam throttles the connection to like 20kbps.

everything else works fine... restarting steam fixes the problem.

I don't think there's an error to show up in the event log, steam just starts to throttle the connection at some point I guess?

So, does the issue only appear when you're downloading over night? Might be related to something like power saving settings.

Since when is the problem occurring? Then cross check to see if something updated somewhere and perhaps accidentally reset something. Stuff like the network driver being wonky can already cause connection issues.

[SLG]

Also is it only on large downloads?

[crystalline]

Are you in germany by any chance? yesterday was really bad here.
From what i understood it's telekom throttling ipv4 connections to steam.

[kingjames488]

Origineel geplaatst door SLGray:

Also is it only on large downloads?

ya, it's only an issue when I have to leave things on to download overnight.

and even if there's something interrupting my connection, steam doesn't resume downloading as normal so is still broken? getting stuck downloading at 20kbps until the client is restarted seems pretty broken to me.

[SLG]

Origineel geplaatst door kingjames488:

Origineel geplaatst door SLGray:

Also is it only on large downloads?

ya, it's only an issue when I have to leave things on to download overnight.

and even if there's something interrupting my connection, steam doesn't resume downloading as normal so is still broken? getting stuck downloading at 20kbps until the client is restarted seems pretty broken to me.

It is not broken. You have to remember there are many users on Steam who are probably downloading things at the same time. Have you tried changing the download region?

[crystalline]

Origineel geplaatst door SLGray:

Origineel geplaatst door kingjames488:

ya, it's only an issue when I have to leave things on to download overnight.

and even if there's something interrupting my connection, steam doesn't resume downloading as normal so is still broken? getting stuck downloading at 20kbps until the client is restarted seems pretty broken to me.

It is not broken. You have to remember there are many users on Steam who are probably downloading things at the same time. Have you tried changing the download region?

I had the same issue yesterday, couldn't get over 1mb/s
don't think it has anything to do with number of people downloading because switching servers doesn't help neither does clearing caches. if OP happens to be German it's probably the ISP.

[BJWyler]

Origineel geplaatst door crystalline:

Origineel geplaatst door SLGray:

It is not broken. You have to remember there are many users on Steam who are probably downloading things at the same time. Have you tried changing the download region?

I had the same issue yesterday, couldn't get over 1mb/s
don't think it has anything to do with number of people downloading because switching servers doesn't help neither does clearing caches. if OP happens to be German it's probably the ISP.

Even if he is not German, it could very well be the ISP as well. I've had similar issues in the past with downloading in general, and without fail it always ends up being my PC hiccuping in the middle of the night or my ISP saying "no data for you."

[Watermelon {JESUS IS LORD}]

prob another PEBKAC issue

[kingjames488]

I'm using the same region and ISP I've used for over a decade that's always worked fine.

idk what steam support expects me to do to "troubleshoot my network issue" when everything else is working fine but steam is sitting there inexplicably downloading at 20kbps...

like ok... network working fine... what now? what other level of network working is there than working?!

this is like a whole new level of maddeningly unhelpful from steam support.

[Qbert ⭐]

Origineel geplaatst door kingjames488:

I'm using the same region and ISP I've used for over a decade that's always worked fine.

idk what steam support expects me to do to "troubleshoot my network issue" when everything else is working fine but steam is sitting there inexplicably downloading at 20kbps...

like ok... network working fine... what now? what other level of network working is there than working?!

this is like a whole new level of maddeningly unhelpful from steam support.

Its your ISP totally.... a few days ago I made the test by downloading 80+ Gb from Steam (Doom Eternal) and recorded the whole process (around 23 mins)

My speed is Throtled by my ISP to 600 Mbps but sometimes goes over 850 with no problems.

Its worth to mention I am in a third world country in south america

You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/GXkK7JGbhjs?si=pDGfuRybO9XNOeiJ

No edits, nothing
1 gbps fiber optic

[BJWyler]

Origineel geplaatst door kingjames488:

I'm using the same region and ISP I've used for over a decade that's always worked fine.

idk what steam support expects me to do to "troubleshoot my network issue" when everything else is working fine but steam is sitting there inexplicably downloading at 20kbps...

like ok... network working fine... what now? what other level of network working is there than working?!

this is like a whole new level of maddeningly unhelpful from steam support.

Because there is a lot of stuff between the network port on your computer, and the incoming network cable in Valve's server farm. And Valve is only responsible for the stuff inside their walls. There's a whole lot outside those walls they are not responsible for and could be related to the issue.

[Satoru]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3150748442

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3150746789

I can pull 400mpbs across Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Pacific content servers.

Steam is not 'throttling' you

Steam downloads are limited by

* Your CPU
* Your disk IO
* Your anti-virus
* Your ISP

Pick one