Slow Download rates. I have a cable connection with a download speed of 1.5Mbps (so they say), but when I'm downloading anything on whether it be Firefox, IE8, Chrome, Torrents, u name it i only get a download speed of 170.0/k bps maximum on all the pcs connected...

Fast DSL, but SLOW Download Rates on COD2???. Current DSL Connection: 3Mb/s Problem: ALL mods that I download on COD2 download at about 7kb/s. While downloading files off the internet, I am able to reach burst speeds of 2500kb/s and average 400-600kb/...

router/hub, with my broadband connection and the computers connected to it. For unknown reasons, I am sometimes findin I have very slow download rates (e.g. 1-10kpbs), even though im on 2mb connection and should get about 200kbps dl speed. I use bittorrent...

18 seconds. At the moment, Bittorrent reports a download rate of 6 KiB/s, downloaded 63.3M, out of a total of 817.6 MB. More curiously, it reports and upload rate of 20 KiB/s and uploaded 165.2M. Upload? What the heck is that about, I don't want...

your pc does not die on you if soeone copys somn, (they get slow download rates but what the hell) anyway the problem is that when i want to download something it takes a long time for me too the question is: can i download at 100Mbit and other people download...

help on the above would be really appreciated, have i missed anything? surely its just the router causing the probs so hoping ditching it will enable me to connect, likely? also one other thing, i seem to have slow download rates even though im on broadband,...

at 0.14Mb/s. on my old computer, still running XP, I’m still getting my old download rate. the weird thing is on games my pings and latencies are alright, web browsing is fine too. but any sort of downloading is ridiculously slow, including streaming like...

Windows Updates slow download speed. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers () Hi, I've just had to reinstall XP & change my HDD. I'm on broadband but when I download stuff from Windows Updates it downloads at dial-up rates. Are therre...

to my cable modem. They make no difference (still slow download.) Since my other computer on the LAN downloads rapidly, this seems to prove my service provider is providing me with appropriate speed. All download speeds have been checked using dslreports.com...

you running Windows XP? 3. Has it ever run faster than it is right now? When you download files on the internet, what is your normal download rate in KB/Sec? Very few DSL lines can achieve 1.5 mpbs, just so you know. The typical residential DSL connection...