Steam download speed

Nieldo · 19 Jan 2006 at 21:11

So im sat here waiting on steam to update my counterstrike so I can play the new map. 25kb :mad:

on a 2mb connection.

Just wondering what speeds you guys get?

Phalanx · 19 Jan 2006 at 21:15

i had 100kbps on 1mb today but on many occasions i've had it at something stupid like 5

ScarySquirrel · 19 Jan 2006 at 21:16

on a 10mb line, i didnt even know it had updated

lokkers · 19 Jan 2006 at 21:17

yep struggling at 55kbs - its taken nearly 30 mins to go from 93% to 100%

Nieldo · 19 Jan 2006 at 21:20

well mine just went to 98% so im so close now! Militia, here I come, I wanna see what the fuss is about.

Mobius 1 · 19 Jan 2006 at 21:22

50-100k/sec for me, no lower, no higher. Took AGES to start though due to traffic.

ALLI · 19 Jan 2006 at 21:26

ive been waiting like... 45 mins and its just sitting on 99%!!! grr i really wanna see the new map. any views yet??

tom_e · 19 Jan 2006 at 21:31

it all depends on the server you connect to on my 2mb line some times its like the update never happened and some times its like im wating for the whole game to download again

snow patrol · 19 Jan 2006 at 21:55

was getting about 300k earlier.

toy_soldier · 20 Jan 2006 at 00:49

Ive always had 300k plus as far as I can remember. I know the feeling though when eagerly waiting for something to download!

dbmzk1 · 20 Jan 2006 at 01:01

I am on 10mb and recently re-installed CSS itself. Never went above 350kb/s. Steam is slow!

Craig321 · 20 Jan 2006 at 01:42

Nieldo said:
So im sat here waiting on steam to update my counterstrike so I can play the new map. 25kb on a 2mb connection.

Just wondering what speeds you guys get?

I have always got full speed from Steam

DanMc07 · 20 Jan 2006 at 07:06

steam usually gives my crap download speeds of like 11kbps for some reason, but today I must have been lucky as I was getting 130kbps on a 4mb line. Still doesnt sound right.

Jamie1984 · 20 Jan 2006 at 08:32

Nieldo said:
So im sat here waiting on steam to update my counterstrike so I can play the new map. 25kb on a 2mb connection.

Just wondering what speeds you guys get?

anywhere upto 250k (on 4mb) and seems to be capped as downloading more than 1 update degrades the others, pretty crap really

toy_soldier · 20 Jan 2006 at 11:18

Its understandable with the amount of users they must have though.

HangTime · 21 Jan 2006 at 09:07

Still annoying though isn't it. If they released standalone patches like normal developers, then distributed to multiple sites (e.g. bygames, gamershell), you'd always get maximum speed.

Part of the reason I always patch my games manually rather than using auto-updaters is that I know I will be be able to find a mirror giving the full 240k/sec.

dbmzk1 · 21 Jan 2006 at 17:17

toy_soldier said:
Its understandable with the amount of users they must have though.

Not really, have a look at the bandwidth they have available.

http://steampowered.com/status/status.html
http://steampowered.com/status/content_servers.html

"Total Available Bandwidth: 21,145.00Mbps
Total Used Bandwidth: 7,823.95Mbps"

Zephyrus · 23 Jan 2006 at 00:28

Does anyone know if the steam updater will resume where it left off if i turn it off to reboot? I'm currently downloading HL, HL2, CSS etc so i dont really want to interrupt it and have to start again if it doesnt

Zico · 23 Jan 2006 at 00:39

dbmzk1 said:
Not really, have a look at the bandwidth they have available.

http://steampowered.com/status/status.html
http://steampowered.com/status/content_servers.html

"Total Available Bandwidth: 21,145.00Mbps
Total Used Bandwidth: 7,823.95Mbps"

That wouldn't mean much if the UK servers are swamped and the free bandwitdh was on Asian servers where you wouldn't get a good speed from either.

HangTime · 23 Jan 2006 at 00:54

Indeed. If they have over 10gbit free bandwidth, why aren't people getting proper download speeds?

I don't have a problem with the way Valve have implemented file distribution over Steam per se, it's more that the concept is flawed to begin with.