How do i fix slow downloads?

[LAUGHING SOLDIER]

Only on steam my downloads are super slow. Internet downloads are okayish, xbox and playstation downloads are quite fast. Why is Steam so slow?
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I've tried restarting my hub, restarting steam, having steam the only thing running, nothing seems to get it above 1MB. What can i do?

[Flying Power]

maybe download region ?

[LAUGHING SOLDIER]

Originally posted by ♥Montelo♥:

maybe download region ?

I'm in the UK, North West
My closest option was UK, Manchester

[✪Perkament]

what are your pc specs? it could be that your hdd is holding you down. try downloading something and then open your taskmaneger and look if something is runing at 100%

[LAUGHING SOLDIER]

Originally posted by xXCykaBlyatXx:

what are your pc specs? it could be that your hdd is holding you down. try downloading something and then open your taskmaneger and look if something is runing at 100%

Memory is running at 50-60%, CPU is 10-20%, Disk is jumping from 5% to 70% and Network is 0-7%
Specs:
x64-based,
AMD A8-6410 APU with AMD Radeon R5 Graphics, 2000 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)

[LAUGHING SOLDIER]

Would "Clear Download Cache" Help improve download speed?
Did nothing

[Capitan Furia]

I am in the same situation. GOG download perfectly, but in STEAM it is going up and down all the time.

[City Builder]

Sometimes it's just steam. I generally get about 6GB/S (assuming nobody else in the house is taking a lot of bandwidth) but there are times that I'll only get 1.4 to 2 or less sometimes and then it will start to fluctuate and it might go up to 6GB then jump all over the place.

I think it's simply just a problem on Steam itself sometimes.

[The Giving One]

Sometimes, only trying the next closest region is not necessarily the best option. Sometimes, actually trying some very far away from you can help.

Also, you cannot just try one region and give up on that possibility. You have to try many, and I have seen cases where all of them needed to be tried.

There can be other issues (router, drivers, conflicting software, etc.) but changing regions is a good first step.

[RandyBB]

restart your routter maybe

[CUKQ]

yeah

[LAUGHING SOLDIER]

Originally posted by The Giving One:

Sometimes, only trying the next closest region is not necessarily the best option. Sometimes, actually trying some very far away from you can help.

Also, you cannot just try one region and give up on that possibility. You have to try many, and I have seen cases where all of them needed to be tried.

There can be other issues (router, drivers, conflicting software, etc.) but changing regions is a good first step.

Hmm, my consoles (i think) use the london download region, i'll try that and a few others and post if it helped
Edit: On most online games i get around 0-20Ping, if i found the regions of them servers and selected them as the download region, would it be better?

[LAUGHING SOLDIER]

Originally posted by TYMITOS:

restart your routter maybe

Restarting the router does give me a plus ~100Kb/s for a minute or two but then it just goes back down to even slower speed

[LAUGHING SOLDIER]

After testing most download regions, i have found that London has given me the highest download speed (No, still not over 1MB). So i'm coming to the conclusion that steam is just complete ♥♥♥♥ with downloads. My internet itself (Google, Youtube etc) can download many MB a second. My consoles can download hundreds of MB, maybe a GB or 2 a second. So right now, i'm just putting the blame as its just steam.
Also, my broadband provider is Sky Broadband

[eram]

Originally posted by LAUGHING SOLDIER:

After testing most download regions, i have found that London has given me the highest download speed (No, still not over 1MB). So i'm coming to the conclusion that steam is just complete ♥♥♥♥ with downloads. My internet itself (Google, Youtube etc) can download many MB a second. My consoles can download hundreds of MB, maybe a GB or 2 a second. So right now, i'm just putting the blame as its just steam.
Also, my broadband provider is Sky Broadband

You cant download that fast with your isp. Sky in the uk simply does not offer gigabyte connections.

Go to speed test and post the results here.
speedtest.net

I tested steams london region and im getting my max speed from it. virgin media 70mb.

[LAUGHING SOLDIER]

Originally posted by erλm:

Originally posted by LAUGHING SOLDIER:

After testing most download regions, i have found that London has given me the highest download speed (No, still not over 1MB). So i'm coming to the conclusion that steam is just complete ♥♥♥♥ with downloads. My internet itself (Google, Youtube etc) can download many MB a second. My consoles can download hundreds of MB, maybe a GB or 2 a second. So right now, i'm just putting the blame as its just steam.
Also, my broadband provider is Sky Broadband

You cant download that fast with your isp. Sky in the uk simply does not offer gigabyte connections.

Go to speed test and post the results here.
speedtest.net

I tested steams london region and im getting my max speed from it. virgin media 70mb.

I'm not asking for GB/s, just atleast more then a few Kb/s.
Also, thanks, i will go use that site
Ping: 52ms
Download: 1.28Mbps
Upload: 0.15Mbps
Man, that speed is complete ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, thanks Sky