Download speeds heading into the days at times and randomly stoping

[S0ME_CANADIAN]

so on my computer my download speeds have slow down to the point where steam says it'll take days for it to download and the amount of then goes up by days in seconds and steam is stopping the downloads for no reason claiming it from poor WIFI yet i have very good WIFI any help would be great but i don't know much about computers and i'm using a laptop

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Things you can check into, and see if can sort out the issue. Issues can range from user end, network infrastructure, or leading to server, and so on.

- Ensure you didn't set any speed limit via Steam settings.

- If using VPN, may cause issues for slow downloads.

- If using custom DNS service depending which one may cause issues.

- If using 3rd party software to manage incoming, and out going traffic, or even 3rd party anti virus affecting apps behavior may cause issues.

- If using custom firewall, and blocking thing could affect performance.

- Can try changing Download region in Steam settings, try another country like canada, or something see if anything change.

- Flushing your network might fix things, open command promt as admin, and give this a try, then restart PC and test, do things in order.

netsh winsock reset
netsh int ip reset

If not working still try these in order, then restart PC, and test.

ipconfig /release
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /renew


- Also reboot modem & router by simply unpluging power cable to them for a minute, then replug power cable.

- If client is not working correctly, and something wrong with client file, redownload client, to do this visit where you install Steam, go into the folder, and delete everything except for "Steamapp" folder, and "Steam.exe" file, once done, run "Steam.exe" to start the download fresh download of the client, and test to see if issue been resolve.


For information of understanding, the differences of MBps, and Mbps.

Mbps = Megabyte per second
MBps = Megabit per second
1 MBps = 8 Mbps
8 Mbps = 1 MBps

[Supafly]

Open Task manager and look at what the usage % is for the CPU and drive. If near 100% that'll be why download speed slows and maybe even stops.

Steam downloads compressed chunks. Once down they get decompressed and installed. If your CPU and/or drive is busy doing that they can't continue downloading at a higher speed.

[S0ME_CANADIAN]

i have solved the issue two things first i am in canada second i just had to delete then redownload steam