Chuato Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Hi everyone, Was just wondering if its common for my download speed to fluctuate so greatly when downloading components of the game? I was downloading the 'Main Assets 1' file at a steady 3.75mb/s and now im onto 'English Assets 1' and the speed has dropped to 333kb/s Speedtest has shown no changes in download speed at my end. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordtwinkee Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Could just be the server stuff, I don't really know to be honest. Connections fluctuate here and there, are you on a wireless....if so that could be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuato Posted February 1, 2012 Author Share Posted February 1, 2012 I'm not using a wireless connection.. hmm ive just closed and reopened the launcher twice and am now back up to 3.5mb/s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuato Posted February 1, 2012 Author Share Posted February 1, 2012 It seems to continually slow down as a new file begins to download.. *sigh* Now at 162kb/s, this is quite frustrating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rahl_Windsong Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 I have the same problems and I have called my cable provider to come and have a look at my end so I can make sure there is nothing wrong here and then I may try to contact Bioware if I can get a hold of a red phone some place.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuato Posted February 1, 2012 Author Share Posted February 1, 2012 Its quite annoying considering my playtime started yesterday, yet ive spent a day trying to download the game and setup my account Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkiestj Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 (edited) Hi everyone, Was just wondering if its common for my download speed to fluctuate so greatly when downloading components of the game? I was downloading the 'Main Assets 1' file at a steady 3.75mb/s and now im onto 'English Assets 1' and the speed has dropped to 333kb/s Speedtest has shown no changes in download speed at my end. Thanks in advance. I downloaded it twice. Yes, the speed is all over the place. The tube to my house is quite fat and can get 20 Mb/s. For some parts of SWTOR I got 20Mb/s and for others (most) I got 1 Mb/s or less. EDIT: BTW, doesn't the SWTOR downloader display speeds in B/s not b/s? The game is friggin huge (25 GB is more than 3 double layer DVDs) so if you download in 24 hours that is ~ 2 M bits / sec on average (250 M bytes / sec). My downloads probably took between 12-18 hours. Edited February 1, 2012 by funkiestj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssebarod Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 yeah i got the same flactuation one strange huh? got new comp too window 7 i downloaded both games i taught swtor would be finish first since its not as big as wow and its 5 expansions (lost all my cds sooo i am downloading that thru client too wow is like 400/300 swtor is like now its lioke 90/75/40/9 /22/11/9 then it goes ip to 44/60/90 /55 not i should panic my game time is about to expire so i'll just patiently use the clein to download for weeks maybe still wanna toss it up there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSchuyler Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 The terminology can be confusing. I have a DSL connection that SAYS the download speed is 1.544Mb/ps, which is the same as a conventional (American) T-1 line (EU is 2.0 Mb/ps), but it's a small "b" meaning it's BITS per second. The download speed is measured in KB/ps, a capital "B" which means BYTES per second. 8 bits to a byte, of course, but there's error correction in there as well (Don't know what kind they use), so the bottom line is that if you're getting 165 KB/ps on a 1.544 Mb/ps DSL, that's about as fast as you can expect. Mine fluctuates, too, and frequently hovers between 50 and 70. There are too many factors and choke points to put blame anywhere here. It could be your ISP. It could be a provider down stream. It could be Bioware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssebarod Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 is it just me or main asset 1 is the longest and biggest file? its definetly worth i though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psandak Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 They do not call the Internet the "information super highway" for no reason. Rush hour is as much a part of the Internet as commuting to work - during peak times transfers slow down for a myriad of reasons I will not get into here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgokovenant Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 I have a 100mbps connection and download at a constant 8 to 10 MBps. Although to be fair, I'm in Germany and play during off peak times when most of you guys are still sleeping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adric_the_Red Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 (edited) My connection is rated 25Mb/sec. I consistently download SWTOR patches at >3.6MB/sec. Which is around 29Mb/sec. That's right, I get download speeds actually faster than what they promise me. My laptop, over my home WiFi pulls the patches down at about 2.5MB/sec. For whatever reason, (and unlike many reports I've seen in this forum) SWTOR actually seems to be one of the faster downloads I get. Other stuff comes down the line slower. *shrug* That's the innerwebz for ya. Edited June 14, 2013 by Adric_the_Red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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