[META] Megadownloader download speeds

RDGnome | 11 points | Dec 15 2016 15:00:53

[META] Megadownloader download speeds | Megalinks MegaDB [META] Megadownloader download speeds

Anyone having an issue with Megadownloader when after a minute or two of full speed downloads, it seems to be throttled down to only around 100-200 kb/s. Up until a few days ago everything I downloaded was always above 4mb/s but now it always slows down and rarely recovers to full speed.

When I download directly from Mega my download speed seems fine too.

Any ideas? Cheers

For instance my current download fluctuates between 90-110 kb/s and seems to be completely stuck there

[-] chagmed | 3 points | Dec 15 2016 15:23:14

I've also noticed very inconsistent download speeds. Sometimes it helps to reboot my machine. I also tend see the best download speeds very early in the morning.

[-] RDGnome | 2 points | Dec 15 2016 15:38:40

I rebooted my PC today and it seemed to make no difference. I see these speed drop offs all day too. Strange as I haven't had any issues up until a few days ago..

[-] chagmed | 1 points | Dec 15 2016 15:44:09

Do you use a cable modem? Sometimes I will disconnect the power, then the coax cable. Leave the coax disconnected for 30 seconds, plug it back in, then plug in the power. Never connect/disconnect the coax with the power plugged in.

[-] RDGnome | 1 points | Dec 15 2016 15:56:12

Yes I do have a cable modem. I restarted my router today to see if that would make a difference (it didn't). I could try power cycling the modem as well but my suspicions are with megadownloader as my download speeds outside of the program are all normal

[-] chagmed | 2 points | Dec 15 2016 16:05:07

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[-] RDGnome | 1 points | Dec 15 2016 16:16:19

I haven't changed any settings from the default and I've changed nothing recently so I don't see why it would randomly stop working like it used to.

[-] koopadekid | 2 points | Dec 15 2016 22:10:43

Yeah I've been having this problem with megadownloader too, starts off at or a little less than full speed but slows down to horrible speeds. I tried to use jdownloader2 but It just kept getting errors, not sure how to fix it if I can.

[-] RDGnome | 1 points | Dec 18 2016 11:21:11

this is essentially the problem I have. I just tried downloading a movie made of 3 parts and the first 2 parts completed at full speed and most of the the final part completed too, then the speed dropped to snail pace.. Getting pretty frustrating

[-] MarsWanKenobi | 1 points | Dec 15 2016 21:01:27

I usually download using MEGAsync and its way faster than MEGADownloader. I only downloaded MDL because I thought MEGAsync was throttling my speeds but nope, I see worse speeds on MDL.

[-] greatflicks | 1 points | Dec 15 2016 21:04:22

mine seems steady at about 1.3 mb. Slower than some due to my provider but steady.

[-] boomer98 | 1 points | Dec 15 2016 22:28:00

Yep, I've been having this issue the past few days.

[-] dazzau | 1 points | Dec 16 2016 06:29:02

EDIT: Nah i am getting the same thing seems mega servers are taking a shit :( isp throttling is the only answer

i tried a bunch of different isps here in aus to iron out some issues and one i had out of 3 had terrible speeds on everything.

OP swap isps

[-] NightmareDash | 1 points | Dec 24 2016 23:40:21

It might depends on the country you live in or the Internet provider. I live in Austria and have UPC as provider.

I pretty much always get my ~11mb/s with MegaDownloader. The only time it went down was when my whole Internet connection went down to 500kb for some minutes.