What is up with the slow download speeds on live??

Pariah · Post by **Pariah** » 11 Apr 2007 06:15 pm

ive checked my routers information page and xbox live downloads max out at 90KBs..

things just take an arse load of time to download and tech support were as helpful as getting your dick out and pissing in the wind...

any aussies been able to get really good speeds from live??

Hercy · Post by **Hercy** » 11 Apr 2007 07:15 pm

The speeds have been crap for as long as I've been on Live. I don't know if there's ever been a good explanation for it.

Muzza · Post by **Muzza** » 11 Apr 2007 07:23 pm

Its mixed for me some days it fast other days fairly slow, I downloaded the VT3 demo in just over an hour the other day!

flipswitch · Post by **flipswitch** » 11 Apr 2007 07:40 pm

Pariah wrote:ive checked my routers information page and xbox live downloads max out at 90KBs..

things just take an arse load of time to download and tech support were as helpful as getting your dick out and pissing in the wind...

any aussies been able to get really good speeds from live??

Yeah, it's quite slow... nowhere near as fast as using the pc. Demos take a few hours or more to dload compared to 15mins on the pc.

westical · Post by **westical** » 11 Apr 2007 08:38 pm

I wish my downloads went at 90KB/s

offline · Post by **offline** » 11 Apr 2007 08:42 pm

I get around half a MB a second when downloading normally but XBL always takes ages. I have complained here before with others but that achieves nothing - the fact is that MS is getting away with slow speeds and there is nothing we can do about it.

westical · Post by **westical** » 11 Apr 2007 08:59 pm

The May dashboard update is supposed to speed up downloads.

Shaneus · Post by **Shaneus** » 11 Apr 2007 09:43 pm

Only problem is it probably takes about 3 hours to get the dash update

t0mby · Post by **t0mby** » 13 Apr 2007 11:37 pm

I reckon its partially to do with the location of the server. Perhaps the AU/NZ ppl get all their stuff from the same server that could be possibly hosted in the US. Im not 100% but I know that every single d/l Ive gotten off live, with some as big as 1.3gb, have never taken longer than 3.5hrs. Infact I think I got the Shivering Isles expansion in around 1.5hrs from memory.

I remember downloading Worms the same time as one of my mates in NZ. By the time I had downloaded it and played a few online matches, he was at about 20-25% complete. THats pretty bloody shocking.

Pariah · Post by **Pariah** » 15 Apr 2007 07:47 am

i think youre onto something t0mby...just hope this new update fixes the problems..

sometimes i just think theyre capping our download speeds..as strange as that might sound

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What is up with the slow download speeds on live??

What is up with the slow download speeds on live??

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