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Low download rate

February 4, 2008 2:27:17 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums
Hi all!

I just bought the game and I am downloading right now. The problem is I'm getting pretty slow and very unstable download rate, between 20 and 80k/s. I have a 3mb connection and usually my download speed is well above 300k/s.

Are the servers really busy or is this the normal download rate?
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Reply #1 February 4, 2008 2:32:54 PM
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well mines not much better 300 ?? is this normal for digi-downloads?
seems rather slow this day and age.
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Reply #2 February 4, 2008 2:36:23 PM
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obviously, its because the servers are busy. Theres probably loads of people trying to download the game from SDC right now..U'll just have to be patient and wait.
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Reply #3 February 4, 2008 2:37:41 PM
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Bear in mind every person and their dog are hammering the download servers, which = less bandwidth for you. Give it a few hours/days, it'll calm down.
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Reply #4 February 4, 2008 2:42:52 PM
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Everyone should be getting good speeds from the leased lines, but some have reported slowness on the west coast if that's where you're at.
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Reply #5 February 4, 2008 2:43:59 PM
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I can testify as a beta tester, that ive been able to download the game at 1700kb/s when it wasn't busy that is

So yeah theres properly 100's of people downloading as we speak
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Reply #6 February 4, 2008 2:45:58 PM
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My speed is fine, but the download is spontaneously resetting at 92%....it just goes back to 0%. Download speed is around 500-800k average, and the only thing I have running is a streaming radio broadcast in the background.....

Anything I can do to end that loop?
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Reply #7 February 4, 2008 2:48:17 PM
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england , not to worry gonna pop to the pub for a beer. il give it a whirl when i get back. cheers
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Reply #8 February 4, 2008 2:50:54 PM
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oh its even slower now 120... and dropping 90. (got a 50mb line), il leave it on download. will be finished when i get back. just wanted to give it a quick go before i popped out, shame... guess they know who not to hire servers from next time.
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Reply #9 February 4, 2008 2:51:42 PM
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I'm impressed, i'm getting 890kb/sec

*love stardock*
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Reply #10 February 4, 2008 2:56:43 PM
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Im on the west coast at my local community college downloading onto my laptop bouncing between like 8 to 100 KB/s
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Reply #11 February 4, 2008 2:59:06 PM
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Thanks for the replys

It seems we're getting very different numbers. I just wanted to know if I was the only one with such low rates.

I'll be patient!
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Reply #12 February 4, 2008 2:59:42 PM
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Downloading with 600kB/s in Switzerland.... lol
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Reply #13 February 4, 2008 3:01:56 PM
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in south england.. 1.46kb/s - 36kb/s so it aint just you cue
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Reply #14 February 4, 2008 3:02:03 PM
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Got the key 8 min befor and reached 25%... gogogogogo...
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Reply #15 February 4, 2008 3:03:18 PM
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Im on the west coast at my local community college downloading onto my laptop bouncing between like 8 to 100 KB/s


That seems to be exactly the case at my end. I'm at Bilbao, Spain.
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Reply #16 February 4, 2008 3:04:56 PM
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Maxing my connection on left coast comcast
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Reply #17 February 4, 2008 3:06:13 PM
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Our servers hit 1Gb/sec not too long ago. Their fans are running at full to keep those things cooled, I'm sure   

-Mike
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Reply #18 February 4, 2008 3:10:41 PM
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dare i ask what the max capacity is? (roughly)
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Reply #19 February 4, 2008 3:15:10 PM
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If there's anyway you guys can boost it out to me cause i'll loose my connection in like 40 min - 2 hours depending if i can maintain connection while i walk down to class or not and battery life (plugged in now). I'm only at 20%. Please beef up my feed.
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Reply #20 February 4, 2008 3:16:12 PM
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1 Gb Ishoney.
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Reply #21 February 4, 2008 3:16:26 PM
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how much does it cost to lease those "super duper fast" lines anyways?
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Reply #22 February 4, 2008 3:27:15 PM
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Please...5kb-45kb here...on a T1 connection...in NY.

...


Of course I'm on a throttled school connection, so it's blazing fast for me

EDIT: Woah...138kb for 1/2 a second there...jeepers creepers batman!
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Reply #23 February 4, 2008 3:59:42 PM
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I got connection in class lost it on the way to class, I'm at 30% now.
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Reply #24 February 4, 2008 4:21:40 PM
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Just an FYI to the devs. I'm on the west coast and am averaging about 630-650 kb/s so the low dl rate is not all on the west coast
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Reply #25 February 4, 2008 4:32:02 PM
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i woke up this morning, my cc was rejected so i ordered again got my code in seconds, and downloading at well over 800k a sec, had the game within 15 minutes. Im in IL
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