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omen Jan 23, 2019 @ 10:10am
Steam Region
So I am in Wisconsin and my closest download region is Chicago. Am I missing something or is that really the closest. I ran test (not on steam) and in the Milwaukee region I get 10 MBPS. But through the Chicago region (Out of steam & in steam) it gives 800 kbps - 1 mbps. Is there anything I can do? This is stupid.
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Satoru Jan 23, 2019 @ 10:16am 
being geographically close doesnt necessarily correlate to speed. Certain CNDs can be overloaded. the path to those CDNs can be bad due to bad DNS entries. Bascially juts choose a download region that gives you what you want

Its good to start geographically closer, but there's nothing wrong with moving outwards if you're seeing issues
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omen Jan 23, 2019 @ 10:17am 
Ok I will try that. Ill let you know if it worked out. Actually, where do you think I should try first?
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Satoru Jan 23, 2019 @ 10:27am 
Honestly anywhere is fine, like I said, try closer first, then just pick randome ones
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omen Jan 23, 2019 @ 10:29am 
ok
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omen Jan 23, 2019 @ 11:08am 
Nothing worked, I tried most of the regions and they all remained in the same area 1.1 MBPS
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cSg|mc-Hotsauce Jan 23, 2019 @ 11:23am 
Speedtests are always in mb/s.

8 bits = 1 Byte

Steam defaults to MB/s.

Steam > Settings > Downloads >>> Display download rates in bits per second

Change that and let us know what your speed is.

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omen Jan 23, 2019 @ 11:28am 
7.6 MBPS
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