Are the STEAM D/L Speeds for real?

[Dr.breen]

I get 800 kbs which I think is fantastic!


But surely if it was going at that speed a 400mb file would take around 10 minutes.



when it doesn't, it takes alot longer.

 

[KagePrototype]

it's not actually 800 kilobytes per second, it's kilobits or something. Same unit of measure your 'net connection is measured on.

800 / 8 = 100kbs.

 

[Cyb3rac1d]

Divide by 8 and you'll get the measurement in what you think it's telling you it is.

 

[Dr.breen]

Oh, I see, thanks for the help.

 

[bam23]

100kbs for a more than 3 gigs?

That'll take me some time.

 

[Dr.breen]

what? ..

 

[Goombatommy]

Your looking at a good 8 - 10 hours.

 

[Majestic XII]

Anyone got speed problems with steam? I can never ever go max with steam. Im downloading at about 3.5mbit/s, should be a lot higher. A look at the Status page on steampowered would suggest something else

 

[WhiteZero]

lol, yeah. Thats some basic computer stuff there. 1 byte = 8 bits. Internet explorer measures ur download speed in bytes, and Steam measures it in bits (which is the standard).

 

[Mujuro]

It only says I am downloading at 500 but then again I finished the 3GB file in under an hour...

 

[Dr.breen]

My Steamapps folder is almost 8 gigs, consisting of all of the games from the 'my games' list on steam.

If the ratio of byte to bit is 1 - 8 then something funny is going on as like Oxygenetic downloading 3 gigs on under an hour at 500 bit per second is similier to me.

 

[koopa]

It only says I am downloading at 500 but then again I finished the 3GB file in under an hour...

This seems a little unlikely - 50 Mb a minute would mean you have a roughly 8mbps connection. That's plausible at work or uni, but not at home unless you're fabulously wealthy or own an ISP.

Maybe there's something wrong with the size of Valve's data files/etc instead.

 

[PvtRyan]

This seems a little unlikely - 50 Mb a minute would mean you have a roughly 8mbps connection. That's plausible at work or uni, but not at home unless you're fabulously wealthy or own an ISP.

Or if you're Swedish :hmph:

 

[Sucky Ducky]

This seems a little unlikely - 50 Mb a minute would mean you have a roughly 8mbps connection. That's plausible at work or uni, but not at home unless you're fabulously wealthy or own an ISP.

Maybe there's something wrong with the size of Valve's data files/etc instead.

120 bucks a month, sure, it's alot.. But still, it's pretty feasable (no, I dont have that connection )

 

[Eon Blue]

Took me 3 hours, not 8-10.

 

[MajorPayne]

Has anyone considered that the 3 Gigs downloaded was probably compressed during download, and then unpacked afterward? So it could possibly have been a much smaller amount of data directly transferred? I too noticed that my steam download went VERY fast for the final file sizes, so I am assuming there must be some compression involved.

 

[koopa]

When it says 3gb of files, is that 3gb pure downloaded, or is that GCF file padded out with zero's or something? I mean, I'm on 60kb/second here! How can I retain any sense of superiority over the dialup people if you guys are all on 1000000kb/s?!?

On the positive side, I have a new excuse for losing at CS:S.

Edit:Compression normally gives you a (say) factor of two saving, except for special cases like jpg, so I still don't get it.

 

[Ahnteis]

Case is important in scientific abreviations (including computer stuff).

kBs = kiloBYTES per second
kbs = kiloBITS per second

 

[markabey]

gabe said it was 3.5gb total but 2gb "down the wire" ie compressed.

 

[Aceallways]

I once was at 5.8 Mb/second (not too bad)

 

[Dr.breen]

I have never gone above 800kbs and each pre-load takes around 2 hours to download.

I have no complaints what so ever.

 

[Mujuro]

I only have a 2MBPS connection, however it says I am downloading at 500-700 and I finished the Half-Life 2 cache in about 55 minutes, I guess Steam speeds up and disables my so-called cap?

 

[Ownzed]

I haven't checked how fast my preloads go..

 

[Majestic XII]

Or if you're Swedish :hmph:

/me pats his 8Mbit connection

 

[Xeinon]

In a month i can get 8mbps for under 40$ a month.