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ScottulusMaximus

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Busy doing my first STEAM download(first time in 5 years I'm gaming), busy downloading Dota 2 and the download speed is fluctuating massively.. From 0 up to 250 KB/s, is going quick enough but was wondering if this is normal?

Oh and only on 1meg data and 2meg line...
 
Mines also doing this so you're not alone. It seems to be doing this with news servers as well. I'm with Telkom btw.
 
Steam always works like that, their download speed indicators are totally messed up. Don't worry about it., sometimes you'll see insane speeds many times faster than your line can do.
 
Steam's download indicators are based on instantaneous data transfer rates. What it does it download a couple packets, decompress them, unencrypt them, stick 'em on the hard drive in their proper places and then download the next batch of packets.

Don't worry 'bout it. Get a network monitoring tool like networx to see average download rates.
 
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