Download speeds slower after subscribing?!?!

Hi, I just subscribed to Wincustomize as I really liked all it had to offer.  My problem is that I am only getting like 70kb/s download speeds now!!  Before I subscribed I was getting 3-400kb/s.  What gives?  I know I get unlimited downloads now but are they seriously throttling the speeds on subscribers?

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Reply #1 Top

They are not.

I'd suspect routing somewhere along the way.

 

Go here and post the results in the forum

Reply #2 Top

Hey Zu, download rates from the WC galleries have been slower than the rest of WC/Stardock for some time for myself. From the subscriber resources page, using Halloween theme to test, it downloads at 540 kb/sec, for data of WC galleries see here.

Reply #3 Top

Quoting Zubaz, reply 1
They are not.

I'd suspect routing somewhere along the way.

 

Go here and post the results in the forum
End of Zubaz's quote

 

66.28.242.208 is from United States(US) in region North America

TraceRoute to 66.28.242.208 [www.wincustomize.com]

Hop (ms) (ms) (ms) IP Address Host name
1 13 12 13 72.249.0.65 -
2 8 6 8 8.9.232.73 te-3-4.car1.dallas1.level3.net
3 16 6 8 4.68.19.5 ae-13-69.car3.dallas1.level3.net
4 7 6 6 4.68.110.110 cogent-comm.car3.dallas1.level3.net
5 8 7 10 154.54.6.57 te3-2.mpd01.dfw01.atlas.cogentco.com
6 23 17 17 154.54.5.218 te3-2.mpd01.mci01.atlas.cogentco.com
7 32 32 30 154.54.2.234 te2-1.mpd01.ord01.atlas.cogentco.com
8 32 31 33 154.54.24.182 te4-3.ccr01.ord04.atlas.cogentco.com
9 32 31 31 66.28.65.126 vl3503.na03.b002326-3.ord04.atlas.cogentco.com
10 32 35 31 38.112.15.250 stardockcorporation.demarc.cogentco.com
11 36 34 36 66.28.242.208 -

Trace complete

Reply #4 Top

Nothing significantly slow there.

Forums slow too?  Or just the galleries?

 

Reply #5 Top

Forums are ok.  Site is a little slow to load compared to other sites but when I download the dreams it is painfully slow!  It was significantly faster to download before I joined though.  Not really understanding that part of it.  I would have thought it should be the other way around.

Reply #6 Top

Try logging out and see if the speed is the same when you are not logged in