please help with download speeds... major slow!

OutlawSpirit

ok...

on bt broadband (8mb) connection is through ethernet...

downloading a file through firefox... which is 4.6mb in size...

its currently downloading at 17.3kb/sec ... and it has even gone as low as 6kb/sec and max of 20kb/sec

this is major slow... can anyone give me any tips on why it is so slow... how to maybe improve my download speeds??

thankyou!

gh0stface

The speed of your download depends on how fast the server is uploading the file to you. Some sites will actually throttle download speeds too. One option that may improve download speeds is to get a download manager program. I myself don't use one so some other person may be able to recommend it.

OutlawSpirit

ok... well in general the download speed is around 12-18 kb/sec on any site i use...

a download manager... any advice from anyone would b real good!

thanks

Teddy1

Firewall's also affect download/upload speeds, But i would think that the cause of this would be the sites you are downloading from, A download manager isn't always that good as most of them are memory hungry and can make your system very unorganized etc... If you wish to use one though even though i don't think that this is the problem, then go for it. Smile

Let me know what happens thanks.

Jaan · Last edited by Jaan on Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:19 pm; edited 1 time in total

Try this and see what happens, should fix your problem.
*YEP YEP YEP* *GO TO GOOGLE TYPE IN WAT?*
If you're on Firefox, there is a plugin for it.
Cheers.

judelover

try a multi thread downloading management or program. MultiGet file downloader may help. in most cases it can download at several hundred and even several m s.

Chris24

Have you ever tried Dr. TCP?

Josso

For 8mb that is seriously not right. See if your firewall is restricting bandwidth in any way. Also do a check for any excessive spyware/adware/malware on your system.

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