Wired up to my PS3 with 76MB down and 18MB up and it's pitifully slow most of the time.
On Steam I get 9.5 MB/s most times whereas on PS3 I get between 1 and 2 MB/s.
Exactly the same for me! I'm with plusnet with the pro add on, if I use a speedcheck with the PS3 wired to the router I get around 60Mb download but if I try downloading any update it takes hoooooouuuuuuuurrrrrssss!!!!!
The 360 on the other hand like downloading a new mappack is done within minutes!
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most people are probably signing up for the batch of games every which far exceed the yearly subscription in about a month. The same could be said for XBL and making you pay to play online/voice chat