Steam - Very Slow Downloads


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Is anybody else having horribly slow download speeds on Steam right now? Is it being attacked like XBL/PSN?

I've seen speeds dip down into the "bytes" per second, right now it's going at a whopping 5 kB/s. All other internet activity is functioning fine, speedtest.net shows correct download speeds of a little over 8 Mbps, so all is well on my end. I'm setting up a new laptop for myself and adding my games to it and that's when I noticed.

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That's actually pretty fast (or did you mean 5 kb/s)?

 

I'm as yet unaware of an attack beyond consoles, (Looking for updates, otherwise I'll actually have to phone my family in Canada, I'm cheap like that)

Could just be added traffic due to the console networks being down so gamers are logging into steam,

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That's actually pretty fast (or did you mean 5 kb/s)?

 

I'm as yet unaware of an attack beyond consoles, (Looking for updates, otherwise I'll actually have to phone my family in Canada, I'm cheap like that)

Could just be added traffic due to the console networks being down so gamers are logging into steam,

I mean "bytes", not kilobytes, not megabytes, individual "bytes" per second, as in 8 binary bits.  Earlier it was running at like 100 bytes per second.

 

It seems to have picked back up for now, but it had been going on for about an hour before I posted this.  Figured as soon as I posted about it it cleared up, :p

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"Attacked" is more likely hammered by the number of users downloading games / updates during the sale period. Try changing to a different mirror under Steam -> Settings -> Downloads.

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I'm getting slow downloads too, not as slow as you, but not as fast as they usually are... but my assumption is that it's due to the Christmas season.  People are getting new games, have time off and have time play games, new hardware for Christmas and downloading new games for it, etc etc.

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Normally when you get slow speeds it's resolved by changing your download location in the settings. But as has been mentioned, it's the Steam Winter Sale.. they are getting hammered.

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