Fast download on Steam yet extremely slow on any web browser.

[DaWei]

Whenever i download games or any software from steam, origin , uplay or another platform the downloading speed peaks somehwhere between 6-10mb/s. Yet when i try to download something from Chrome, Firefox, IE the download speed lies at 350kb/s. And when i use speedtest it claims my downloading speed is around 12.3mb/s. Why is this?

I have tried the following:

-Deleted Chrome and use several different browsers.
-Increase the amount of bandwidth my browsers can use
-Ran multiple scans for Trojans or any virus
-Shut down every major program that may take connection from my webbrowser meanwhile it downloads

Thank you for any answers!

[Not BnW]

are you sure you are getting 350kb down even watchinf youtube video

[DaWei]

No, Youtube videos work fine as well and pages load up quickly. Just whenever i download anything it gets slow.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Downloading what using a browser?

[Not BnW]

Originally posted by Fat bastard:

No, Youtube videos work fine as well and pages load up quickly. Just whenever i download anything it gets slow.

its actually a common issue since the server you are downloading from are just slow in general becausd they simply cant afford faster internet
not all servers, but very common on downloading from website that doesnt have a lot of fundings

[Phantom]

Disable any VPN's or proxys if you have any running in the background.

You should also clear the DNS cache on your OS and also change your DNS settings.

You may also want to consider using the renew command in command prompt.

[Google how to do all of the above], but before that...

Can you also take a screenshot of the DL rate and also the speedtest results?

I'm just asking this so as to verify that you've not mixed up the download rates.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by nice:

Originally posted by Fat bastard:

No, Youtube videos work fine as well and pages load up quickly. Just whenever i download anything it gets slow.

its actually a common issue since the server you are downloading from are just slow in general becausd they simply cant afford faster internet
not all servers, but very common on downloading from website that doesnt have a lot of fundings

This is why I want to know what is being downloaded.

[Not BnW]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by nice:

its actually a common issue since the server you are downloading from are just slow in general becausd they simply cant afford faster internet
not all servers, but very common on downloading from website that doesnt have a lot of fundings

This is why I want to know what is being downloaded.

:qr:

"uh a bunch of personal stuff mind your business menn"

[DaWei]

Originally posted by nice:

Originally posted by Fat bastard:

No, Youtube videos work fine as well and pages load up quickly. Just whenever i download anything it gets slow.

its actually a common issue since the server you are downloading from are just slow in general becausd they simply cant afford faster internet
not all servers, but very common on downloading from website that doesnt have a lot of fundings

Weird, because this is not just from particular websites but from any and all i visit. Had the same download speed when i downloaded Firefox using a Chrome browser. And when i tried to download mods from Nexus, and ESET malware software.

Originally posted by Robin3sk:

Disable any VPN's or proxys if you have any running in the background.

You should also clear the DNS cache on your OS and also change your DNS settings.

You may also want to consider using the renew command in command prompt.

[Google how to do all of the above], but before that...

Can you also take a screenshot of the DL rate and also the speedtest results?

I'm just asking this so as to verify that you've not mixed up the download rates.

Dont think ive tried that. Ill go ahead and do it. And i do have a screenshot of the download rate, how do you want me to send it to you?

And im downloading malwarebytes if you wonder which was the latest program i tried to install.

Thanks for the answers by the way!

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by nice:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

This is why I want to know what is being downloaded.

"uh a bunch of personal stuff mind your business menn"

Sounds like you are saying it is shady downloads.

[Not BnW]

Originally posted by Fat bastard:

Originally posted by nice:

its actually a common issue since the server you are downloading from are just slow in general becausd they simply cant afford faster internet
not all servers, but very common on downloading from website that doesnt have a lot of fundings

Weird, because this is not just from particular websites but from any and all i visit. Had the same download speed when i downloaded Firefox using a Chrome browser. And when i tried to download mods from Nexus, and ESET malware software.

Originally posted by Robin3sk:

Disable any VPN's or proxys if you have any running in the background.

You should also clear the DNS cache on your OS and also change your DNS settings.

You may also want to consider using the renew command in command prompt.

[Google how to do all of the above], but before that...

Can you also take a screenshot of the DL rate and also the speedtest results?

I'm just asking this so as to verify that you've not mixed up the download rates.

Dont think ive tried that. Ill go ahead and do it. And i do have a screenshot of the download rate, how do you want me to send it to you?

And im downloading malwarebytes if you wonder which was the latest program i tried to install.

Thanks for the answers by the way!

using FF or chrome wont do anything in this situation
if the server is slow,then you have you live like this until they can afford to upgrade their equipment

[Tiberius]

You sure you're not mistaking Mbit/s with Mbyte/s?

[Vixus]

Originally posted by nice:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

This is why I want to know what is being downloaded.

:qr:

"uh a bunch of personal stuff mind your business menn"

What he means is research videos for his science projects.

[Not BnW]

Originally posted by Vixus:

Originally posted by nice:

"uh a bunch of personal stuff mind your business menn"

What he means is research videos for his science projects.

""" sCiEncE """

[Vixus]

Originally posted by nice:

Originally posted by Vixus:

What he means is research videos for his science projects.

""" sCiEncE """

I want to beLIEve.