Xbox live

Jabbs · 8 Apr 2007 at 10:04

I know this maybe should be in the network part but i thought it get seen more here, whats the score with xbox market place its so slow, i put some demo's on at 8am and its taken 2 hrs to do 200 meg and am on 4 meg adsl.

Is there something i can do to make it better as its just plain pathetic its so slow downloading.

NorthstaNder · 8 Apr 2007 at 12:05

Jabbs said:
I know this maybe should be in the network part but i thought it get seen more here, whats the score with xbox market place its so slow, i put some demo's on at 8am and its taken 2 hrs to do 200 meg and am on 4 meg adsl.

Is there something i can do to make it better as its just plain pathetic its so slow downloading.

It's not live mate. My live downloads are really quick. Maybe look at your ISP instead.

Jabbs · 8 Apr 2007 at 12:36

It was the same on Nildram as it is on UKFSN now which i know they don't throttle any ports at all ukfsn, lucky if i hitting 100kbs, tried looking at router side but not much came up

WotDa · 8 Apr 2007 at 12:43

On wireless?

When I run my 'box off wireless they seem to crawl, on Ethernet a 50mb file was done before I could look twice.

The speeds I get do seem most random though.

Jabbs · 8 Apr 2007 at 13:06

Nopes its connected wired, tried it direct into the router and its dog slow, router i have is Netgear DG834G, also tried direct to pc but can't seem to get it to go past ip part.

BloodWolf · 8 Apr 2007 at 13:12

In morning its fast, but in afternoon/nighttime it tends be be slow for me. :/ Especially when something new comes out :O

Jabbs · 8 Apr 2007 at 13:14

I tried it at 8am and it took 2 hrs to dl 400 meg not really fast.lol