Best way to increase download speed?

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VosDespero Apr 21, 2014 @ 3:17pm

1) Changed my region to the closest city thing..?

What else? I'm only donwloading like 935 KB/s

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Astartes Apr 21, 2014 @ 3:19pm

Do a speedtest[www.speedtest.net] and post the results here.

VosDespero Apr 21, 2014 @ 3:24pm

10.84 Mbps

Kesac Apr 21, 2014 @ 3:30pm

You're getting a fairly good download speed then.

10.84 Mbps (megabits) per second is approx. equal to 1.35 MB/s (megabytes/second) (or 1387 KBytes/second).

If 10.84 Mbit/second is well below what your connection is rated, you will probably need to talk with your ISP to see why you're not getting advertised speeds.

Last edited by Kesac; Apr 21, 2014 @ 3:30pm

VosDespero Apr 21, 2014 @ 3:30pm

I am getting around eh? 2.9-3.5MB/s tho... Is that just like a glitch or is it really going that fast m8?

Astartes Apr 21, 2014 @ 3:31pm

(10840 kilobits per second) / (8 bits per Byte) = 1355 kiloBytes per second

You are about 400 KBps short. That could be attributed to fluctations in download speed, epsecially if you have DSL.

Edit: Kesac beat me to it...

Last edited by Astartes; Apr 21, 2014 @ 3:32pm

VosDespero Apr 21, 2014 @ 3:32pm

Thanks a lot! If you both ever need a game that is like 5-6 dollars PM me... Hehe I my computer won't handle anymore after ArmA haha.

TirithRR Apr 21, 2014 @ 3:32pm

speedtest.net gives you bits/second. Download speeds in Steam are given in Bytes/second.

10.8 mbps is about 1.3MB/s. And many ISPs do a "speed boost" which is a short increase in download speed so that when users use places like Speedtest, they see higher bandwidth than they can actually average over long periods of time.

Speed boosts help during things like Streaming movies, so it downloads a buffer quickly, and then goes back to just the required bandwidth to keep the buffer full.

VosDespero Apr 21, 2014 @ 3:36pm

I started my download at 6:07, now 6:35 already got 5.5GB out of 7 something. Thanks for the help everyone.

TirithRR Apr 21, 2014 @ 3:37pm

It's important to know what bandwidths you are actually paying for from your ISP. Otherwise you won't know what you are actually getting vs. what you are paying for.