Has anyone else noticed downloads from Steam have become slower and slower in the last 6 months?

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#86206 3-Jul-2011 16:14

I originally used to be able to get over a 1MB/s but these days I struggle to get 400KB/s.

Just wondering if that's unique to me or are other people getting this too?

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#488826 3-Jul-2011 16:23

I've noticed they're extremely slow today. I've been downloading a 8gb game for the last five hours and I'm at 4% lol. Peak download rate 247kbs. Currently downloading at 5.2kbs what a joke.

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#488844 3-Jul-2011 17:11

Maybe the mirror is overloaded? I notice that the content is "sponsored by compulink.co.nz" and a trace route to their website shows they are at Hosting Direct lol. Entry level dedicated server serving all of NZ?

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#488851 3-Jul-2011 17:43

I've been getting pretty much cap speeds over the last few months. They do have the summer sale going on now so the servers are getting hammered. The New Zealand server seems to have a lot less bandwith than others, so if its slow try another one.

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#488870 3-Jul-2011 18:47

We are in the process of applying for our own Steam node.

Will let you know how we get on.

I believe the Affinity (Computalink.co.nz) server was offline this weekend, as it was at Xlan.

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#488882 3-Jul-2011 19:21

Remember folks, this weekend was their summer sale, and Team Fortresss 2 went free. Their servers are under extremely heavy load. Even on TelstraClear I'm not getting much better than this today - I just installed a new Lenovo desktop at home and I'm trying to reinstall Steam. Also got a BF II gift - I will probably just wait until the middle of the week...

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#488887 3-Jul-2011 19:37

What ISP you are on and whether it has good routes/transit to Steam content mirrors are a big factor.

Also the "Summer sale" currently on will naturally be having a big impact.

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#488898 3-Jul-2011 19:59

I'm on Vodafone BB, I find from like 1am till around 4pm it's line speed from steam, after 4PM it drops and peaks around 150KB, while speedtests are still line speed. hmmm

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#489098 4-Jul-2011 11:54

Sounddude: We are in the process of applying for our own Steam node.

Will let you know how we get on.

Is the plan to make this part of ozone ?

Steam is always slow in the evenings, try early morning and you should get decent speeds. Also try setting your location to the states/aussie, that can also help sometimes.

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#489105 4-Jul-2011 12:09

plas:
Sounddude: We are in the process of applying for our own Steam node.

Will let you know how we get on.

Is the plan to make this part of ozone ?

Steam is always slow in the evenings, try early morning and you should get decent speeds. Also try setting your location to the states/aussie, that can also help sometimes.

Id say its likely...

http://www.xpd.co.nz/2011/06/24/orcon-ozone-changes-no-more-tvnz-on-demand-but-steam-maybe/

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#489154 4-Jul-2011 13:21

Wow, Steam as part of the 0zone would be orgasmic.

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#489160 4-Jul-2011 13:30

Is the plan to make this part of ozone ?

Not my place to say :-) but it has been mentioned around the water cooler.

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#489175 4-Jul-2011 14:16

Steam summer sale has been awesome :D

DL speeds have been pretty good for me on telecom dsl, even in peak hours, however we have a 5meg sync speed here so its not hard to max out lol

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#489176 4-Jul-2011 14:16

It would be interesting to know how much data people are downloading from steam. And how much is needed for it to be economical for an ISP to host a server.

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#489770 5-Jul-2011 19:05

What speed are you guys getting from Steam during this sale?

I can't even get over 100KB/s

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#489773 5-Jul-2011 19:15

Currently getting 250-300kb/s.

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