Should I be concerned when my download speed hits KBPS? (piefed.social)

submitted 1 day ago by Ryoae@piefed.social to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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So while I was trying to download Nintendo games through a source and through VPN. Things started well with one game that took 8 minutes to download at 11MBps. When downloading another game, it got to 93% and immediately started going to 200 ~ 500kbps and was going to take longer.

Has anyone dealt with this before and should it be a cause for concern? Anytime this has happened to me, I assume something or someone was on to me and immediately have to abort.

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[-] Ryoae@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

I don't torrent, but I usually do DDLs. Some of them will require premium accounts for better speeds of course. Other times you're relegated to just slow agonizing speeds that brings you back to those lovely days of Dial-Up!

[-] DrMartinu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Well there's your problem. Those direct download sites will also impose things like daily download limits. Maybe you get 10Mbps for the first 10GB every 24 hr, and after 10GB you're dropped to 100kbps. Something like that. Couple it with a VPN and you're sharing that 10GB limit with total randos