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Posted December 14, 2010
IMPORTANT: I connect from Spain

HI guys,

I signed up recently and purchased several games but the download speed I'm experiencing is incredibly slow (1-7KB / sec). I already sent a support ticket to GOG but I wanted to ask you guys in advance if you've experienced a similar problem. Especially the Spanish GOG customers.

It looks like GOG uses the EdgeCast CDN to distribute games so it shouldn't be an issue but it seems there's something wrong on one side.

Note: I tried using the GOG download manager, several browsers and external downloaders but the speed is exactly the same.

Thanks!
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Posted December 14, 2010
I think it is the result of the promo - many users have just bought some games and are downloading them. Especially at this time of the day - evening / midnight. You should try to download at other time of the day - for example: early morning.
Posted December 14, 2010
Yeah, I thought of that but as I haven't seen anyone else posting about any downloading problems, I was a bit suspicious that it might not be a problem for most :(
Posted December 14, 2010
Try painting go faster stripes on your modem.

But yeah, it's probably just the promo. That said, the website itself does seem to be holding up much better than it used to during promos.
Posted December 14, 2010
I've noticed a huge difference in d/l speeds depending on the time of day. Late night/early mornings are much faster for me here (US west coast, GMT-8)

And you say you've tried several download utilities, have you tried Free Download Manager? It's simply the best d/l manager I've found. I've been using it for years, and I can't imagine doing big d/l's without it. It's well worth a try.

http://www.freedownloadmanager.org
Posted December 14, 2010
Yeah, I tried FDM :)

Idk, trying to get an official response from GOG but I hardly doubt DLing at 1KB / second up to 7 KB/ second is normal even under this stress.

I'll keep trying in the meantime.

What are your download speeds?
Posted December 14, 2010
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dmnthia: Yeah, I tried FDM :)

Idk, trying to get an official response from GOG but I hardly doubt DLing at 1KB / second up to 7 KB/ second is normal even under this stress.

I'll keep trying in the meantime.

What are your download speeds?
No, even at my worst I'm getting 20-30k, in the middle of the night as much as 90-100k.

Have you tried disabling your firewall before you download? I've seen that make a pretty extreme difference before.
Posted December 14, 2010
I'm downloading Sniper Elite at around 200kb/s here which is my cap, but it sometimes jumps to 140 then back up, like some have said, it's probably the promo
Post edited December 14, 2010 by Guacamole
Posted December 14, 2010
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dmnthia: IMPORTANT: I connect from Spain

HI guys,

I signed up recently and purchased several games but the download speed I'm experiencing is incredibly slow (1-7KB / sec). I already sent a support ticket to GOG but I wanted to ask you guys in advance if you've experienced a similar problem. Especially the Spanish GOG customers.

It looks like GOG uses the EdgeCast CDN to distribute games so it shouldn't be an issue but it seems there's something wrong on one side.

Note: I tried using the GOG download manager, several browsers and external downloaders but the speed is exactly the same.

Thanks!
I´m downloading Tropico (500 kb/s) at this moment, using the GOG downloader.
In Spain Internet connection is like rail service in the UK, bad and expensive, but it is not that bad... Maybe there was an overload. I´ve experienced the same problem as you when happened all that famous "PR stunt".
Post edited December 14, 2010 by tejozaszaszas
Posted December 14, 2010
Woot! It's now downloading at full speed, so whatever it was it seems to be ok now :/
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