I bought a couple of games today and the first one downloaded with the speed I normally get but when I try to download the second one i am getting 100-200 Kb/s. I usually get around 4.2 Mb/s so i was wondering if this is a steam related issue or if I need to contact my internet provider.

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Internet provider

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It's a given. more popular games slower downloads.

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If you mean there is more games being downloaded then I was thinking the same thing. If you mean that if it's a popular game it isn't what I would call a popular game

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I thought Steam used BitTorrent to help distribute files, so the more people downloading the game the faster it would be...I may be wrong though.

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nope downloaded grimrock at 600 kbs steady thats my usual

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it really depends on what ur content server you normally are connected to has loaded, so while some games will dl fast others it will route traffic from another server for u to download. So for my self my isp has a content server but doesnt seem to have many games that arent valve or werent released in the past year, so my download speed varies depending on title

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okay, thanks

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i had this trouble last sale aswell, I think it's steam's servers and not your ISP

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Closed 12 years ago by CarnivorousRug.