Steam very slow with download is it the sale? 150Mbps connection

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I have cable 150mbps download i have seen my peak rates at 15.1 mb/s at a current rate for seveal minutes . The sale kicked off my rates have dropped to peak 1.5 mb/s

Is anyone having a weird downgrade speed?

Thank you!

[Daermanonn]

Yes i get only around 150kb but have a max of 6mb. Download Server seem to be stressed to the max. ^^

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by CSIG1001:

I have cable 150mbps download i have seen my peak rates at 15.1 mb/s at a current rate for seveal minutes . The sale kicked off my rates have dropped to peak 1.5 mb/s

Is anyone having a weird downgrade speed?

Thank you!

ISP Speeds are advertised in Mb/s (Megabits a second) Steam shows speeds in MB/s (Megabytes a second).

8 Mb = 1 MB

150Mb/s is about 18MB/s so you are getting real close to your max speed.

Other factors are:
Other people using your connection.
How many are using the same cable pipe at the same time (cable is shared with many people around you).
The speed of your LAN.
Wired or Wireless.
The hubs between you and Steam's servers (no connection is ever a direct one).

There is a lot to consider. Your speeds are good though.

A good way to test is using a speed test site, such as:
http://www.speedtest.net/

[*fu* Dr.n00b]

Originally posted by CSIG1001:

I have cable 150mbps download i have seen my peak rates at 15.1 mb/s at a current rate for seveal minutes . The sale kicked off my rates have dropped to peak 1.5 mb/s

Is anyone having a weird downgrade speed?

Thank you!

There isnt a 150MB link direct to Steam just for you.......... there will be others sharing.

... another guy with the most expensive toys, but doesnt know how to use them.

[Glumpfner]

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

Originally posted by CSIG1001:

I have cable 150mbps download i have seen my peak rates at 15.1 mb/s at a current rate for seveal minutes . The sale kicked off my rates have dropped to peak 1.5 mb/s

Is anyone having a weird downgrade speed?

Thank you!

ISP Speeds are advertised in Mb/s (Megabits a second) Steam shows speeds in MB/s (Megabytes a second).

8 Mb = 1 MB

150Mb/s is about 18MB/s so you are getting real close to your max speed.

Other factors are:
Other people using your connection.
How many are using the same cable pipe at the same time (cable is shared with many people around you).
The speed of your LAN.
Wired or Wireless.
The hubs between you and Steam's servers (no connection is ever a direct one).

There is a lot to consider. Your speeds are good though.

A good way to test is using a speed test site, such as:
http://www.speedtest.net/

Well the OP has mentioned that his peak usually is around 15Mb/s but now it has dropped to 1.5Mb/s. I think that's his issue.

To answer the OPs question, it because of the xmas sale that is going on. It attracts a huge amount of users that are all downloading games, which overloads the servers. During the xmas sales, the download speeds are considerably slower.

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sorry i meant to say i get 15.1mbs on steam so i think thats about 126 mbps

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right now i am getting around 2-3 mb/s on steam

[dex]

:^)

[kdodds]

It's not the sale, per se, as much as it is the download of sold items. FWIW, this used to be MUCH worse when Steam allowed single users multiple download pipes during sales. It was nice for me (when I could connect due to load) when I was getting multiple titles simultaneously on a 50MB, but I'm sure other users were cursing people like me. Hence one capped title at a time now.

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ok so anyway after the sale it should be back up to 15.1 mb/s
?

[Edmalt]

Happens to me too.