Suggestion: download times for premium

[Michael Young]

Is it possible for premium members to have increased download speeds for mods etc on RD or is there no bandwith to spare? The cap at the moment is so slow

 

[William Wester]

Same here, I use to have great download speeds from RD but my membership ran out so I thought it was throttled back. I renewed my Premium membership but same VERY slow download speeds. Is there a reason for this?

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

I am downloading any files over 15mb per second and just tried downloading from server to server and those rates are so fast I couldn't even clock it

Are you sure your connection isn't the problem?

 

[William Wester]

Hmm... I work out of my home office daily using two different computers (30MB D/L speeds) but I was only seeing the slowdown with RD downloads (over past couple of weeks). BUT, today all seems back to normal.

Thanks

 

[William Wester]

My good download speeds was short lived...only for a couple days. For the past week the downloads are painfully slow again - 140-160 KBps - 10 minutes for a 97mb file. For the past year, other than the past month or so, I never had a problem with RD downloads.
I also tried downloading from other sites directly before and after an RD download to test and they consumed my bandwidth - 35 MBps - Microsoft and NoGripRacing sites. Is there a reason for this, are the RD servers busy at 8-9 PM USA Central time (1-2 GMT)?

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Nope, I wish for you that I could say that there is an issue on our side but there isn't. Our server is a beast providing mega fast download speeds to thousands of users. Most files I download within a blink of any eye from various locations.