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Posted December 16, 2013
How's yours possible? I'm at 7mb/s and I download at around 250kb-400kb/sec.
Posted December 16, 2013
usually get around 900-980KB/s when Im not doing anything else online which is usually max for my connection.

I use a single downloader thread as I've found since changing it to that I haven't had a corrupted file. (jinxing myself there I'm sure.)
Posted December 16, 2013
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casimps1: Pretty disappointing... so I wanted to see if others are able to get good download speeds.
Do a test without the downloader. It is possible that your antivirus/firewall is blocking the downloader for some reason, so a pure http download shouldn't have such trouble. Do the test again at a different time to see if you were unlucky and hit a slow CDN server.
Each downloader connection should be able to get speeds similar to http connections, so if that is not the case, something is blocking the downloader. If your http connections are also slow though, then it's a problem with your connection to the CDN, or the CDN itself.
Posted December 16, 2013
I usually get around 5.1mb/s from both the Downloader and through browser. We have a 40 mbps line, so that's fairly consistent.
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casimps1: Pretty disappointing... so I wanted to see if others are able to get good download speeds.
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JMich: Do a test without the downloader. It is possible that your antivirus/firewall is blocking the downloader for some reason, so a pure http download shouldn't have such trouble. Do the test again at a different time to see if you were unlucky and hit a slow CDN server.
Each downloader connection should be able to get speeds similar to http connections, so if that is not the case, something is blocking the downloader. If your http connections are also slow though, then it's a problem with your connection to the CDN, or the CDN itself.
Do also bear in mind that one ISP is not the same as another. Many of them engage in bandwidth prioritisation, for example for Netflix, VoIP and the like. GOG is likely to be a loser in this regard. So just because Speedtest gives you a high result, it doesn't mean that it's the speed you'll generally get).
Post edited December 16, 2013 by jamyskis
Posted December 16, 2013
I'm with Optarse (optus) MINGETEL (singtel) PTY LTD and I get 10 to 33 kbps and My connect speed of 8mb/s on ADSL slow as arse! in Australia we were supposed to get the NBN National Broadband Network now we are not!
Posted December 16, 2013
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jamyskis: Do also bear in mind that one ISP is not the same as another. Many of them engage in bandwidth prioritisation, for example for Netflix, VoIP and the like. GOG is likely to be a loser in this regard. So just because Speedtest gives you a high result, it doesn't mean that it's the speed you'll generally get).
While this is true, I think the downloader uses wget to grab the files, so it's considered http traffic. Szulak or Fallen_Zen should be able to give a better reply for this though.
Posted December 16, 2013
For me Download speed-20.047mbps I checked my download speed using ScanmySpeed.com What do you think about my speed?
Post edited December 16, 2013 by parthahelp
Posted December 16, 2013
Far too slow, and it's going to remain that way for the foreseeable future thanks to our NBN being shitcanned...
Posted December 16, 2013
I have a 100mbps up/down line at home and I usually get around 2-6MB/s on gog, so that's 16-48mbps. I have rarely seen something downloading much faster, but that could be limited by the wireless router also... And upgrading to a gigabit line would cost about $6-7/month extra if I would ever need it :)
Posted December 16, 2013
I got something between 2-3 MB/s. I have a 30Mbs connection.
Post edited December 16, 2013 by animalmother2105
Posted December 16, 2013
recently it's around 300kbps with gog downloader (3Mbps connection)
Post edited December 16, 2013 by arr0whead
Posted December 16, 2013
nvm
Post edited December 16, 2013 by timppu
Posted December 16, 2013
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Cormoran: Far too slow, and it's going to remain that way for the foreseeable future thanks to our NBN being shitcanned...
Yes that's what I said!
Posted December 16, 2013
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doady: You do realize that kb is not the same as kB right?

kb = kilobit
kB = kilobyte
1 byte = 8 bits

I cannot make sense of the speeds in your post.

I have 10Mbps connection and my download speed usually maxes out at 1.3MB/s. With 30Mbps, your download speed should be around 4MB/s, or 4000kB/s.

200kB/s or 300kB/s is bad, but 200kbps or 300kbps is even worse. Either way, how you are getting such low speeds, I do not know.
Yes, I know of the difference and apologies for not being clear in my original post. To clarify with some more details:

I pay for a 30 Mbps download connection through Time Warner Cable. I live in a fairly major metropolitan area on the East Coast of the USA. Last night, downloading from GOG via http I got 20-30 KB/s (160-240 kbps). With the GOG Downloader I got that multiplied by how many connections I had active - up to 200-300 KB/s (1.6-2.4 Mbps).

Today I tried again. I was still getting speeds similar to last night. Then, all of a sudden the downloader moved to the next game and the speed shot up to about 1.5 MB/s (12 Mbps) average for the duration of its 2 GB download. But honestly, the speed varied quite a bit - anywhere from about 400 KB/s up to the peak speed I saw which was closer to 3 MB/s (24 Mbps).

Still not quite where I'd like it to be, but MUCH better, and I'm not upset anymore. :)

As for what was going on - I'm not sure, but I'm guessing maybe it has to do with certain server(s) being slow and so only the certain games hosted on those servers are downloaded slowly? After my fast download, the next game was back to around 300 KB/s again. Maybe it's related to the size of the download somehow? Large games get full speed and smaller games are speed throttled? I noticed that none of the extras (manuals, wallpapers, etc) that I tried would download more than about 300 KB/s.
Posted December 16, 2013
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casimps1: I noticed that none of the extras (manuals, wallpapers, etc) that I tried would download more than about 300 KB/s.
The extras only use 1 connection, since as I recall the windows downloader doesn't support resuming for extras. As for servers being slow at times, a pause and resume should usually fix it, since it should recheck servers and pick another one.
Do you also get slow downloads when you are not using the downloader, or is only the downloader slow?
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