why sony doesn't allow using a download agent to download ps3 update?

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reekydesert

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#60341 24-Apr-2010 20:28

i'm currently downloading 3.3 update at a shocking speed of 10k- per second, and if it disconnects, i have to restart all over again...
download address is dau01.ps3.update.playstation.net, where the hell is this server? why the download spped is soo slow?

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#322475 24-Apr-2010 21:14

Because it's a free service, whereas Xbox charge you a fee :)

reekydesert

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#322481 24-Apr-2010 21:39

wow, good point!!

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#322497 24-Apr-2010 22:43

It still shouldn't go that slow though. Usually if i download the updates via my computer, it goes pretty much at full speed. Funny thing is, if i download them via the ps3 directly, they go slower, much slower.

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#322559 25-Apr-2010 09:00

That's on the Limelight CDN, it should go at lightning speeds - except that NZ has no LLN caches. See, this is why you should use Akamai.

JMatt94

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#322739 25-Apr-2010 18:48

reekydesert: wow, good point!!

My download speeds are perfectly fine, downloaded the latest update (today) in about 8 minutes.

Maybe you have a slow ISP.

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#322755 25-Apr-2010 19:20

simon14: It still shouldn't go that slow though. Usually if i download the updates via my computer, it goes pretty much at full speed. Funny thing is, if i download them via the ps3 directly, they go slower, much slower.

You don't have a bittorrent client on your computer that is being throttled when something else needs the internet on the computer? (The computer wouldn't be able to determine the requirement of the PS3 at the same time, so the bandwidth could be being sucked by the computer)

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#322801 25-Apr-2010 21:06

I've always used download manager on my PC to get the updates precisely because it's a lot faster than doing it on the PS3 itself. Has something changed? I haven't downloaded an update since before 3.21.

Edit: Currently pulling it down at 1+MB/s so it seems OK to me! :)

reekydesert

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#322993 26-Apr-2010 12:50

finally i've got it downloaded using google chrome, it took me 6 to 7 hours believe it or not...

bazzer, how do you use download manager to download ps3 update?

why my download is so slow? maybe (and very likely) because i'm using big time plan... if they make the plan so slow and useless on gaming and downloading, they might as well cancel it...

JMatt94

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#323080 26-Apr-2010 15:34

Yap, that's your problem. Big time is extremely slow for anything to do with gaming downloads.

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#323153 26-Apr-2010 18:16

reekydesert: bazzer, how do you use download manager to download ps3 update?

I think it used to just work the same as any other download, but this last time I had to look at the page source to find the URL required. "something something something .pup"

reekydesert

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#325656 1-May-2010 21:30

look at the page source? good idea, will give it a try