Slow Internet Connection (2 to 4MB/s most of the time) ; Max bandwidth is about 40 to 50 MB/s

[cooky_gamer]

Hello, Steam Community. Neither have i limited the max Download speed nor have i any active Program running in the background(i think) like an anti cheatprogram(that for sure not) that could limit it. Nor do i seem to have any viruses that use my bandwidth. I tested this by closing everything that uses internet and looking at the task manager which showed some little spikes sometimes of 8KB/s which i concluded to be not significant. To get my max bandwidth i used this https://breitbandmessung.de/test
website to get it. Even steam says i can download a max of 44.6MB/s but only does up to 4MB/s most of the time. Any tips and or ideas on why that is and if possible, how to fix it?

Another thing i have noticed is that periodicly the speed shoots up to 4MB/s(sometimes even to 11MB/s but only a short time) and then gradually, a bit like a "brokenly rational"(i use translator Ger -> Eng) function approaches 2MB/s. Can someone explain why that is?

[Arthurius]

Same ♥♥♥♥ here its a nightmare to download a game

[matt]

If Steam is the only thing that's slow, your ISP is probably rate-limiting you.

[cooky_gamer]

matt a écrit :

If Steam is the only thing that's slow, your ISP is probably rate-limiting you.

hmm, i would have thought that my internetprovider is not throttling me exactly because my download rate is really good everywhere else except with steam or epicgames. I think that steam just throttles(if im being throttled) me and not my provider really.

[reg1s7]

Have you tried switching download region?
It is in the Steam setting, on Tab "Download". Try region which are late night or early morning in their local timezone.

[Satoru]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1082209554

Steam can oblitgerate 1gbps and can throw 500mbps across the Atlantic ocean

Your downloads are limited by

1) your cpu
2) your disk io
3) your anti-virus
4) your ISP