MWEB JHB steam server

iceman100398

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Can any one explain to me why I can only download at 39 kbps from a mweb steam server in JHB on my mweb uncapped 4mbps line.
And why on the same line and account I get 249 kbps from the UK.
What is happening to local downloads?
 
Shaping perhaps on the ISP's servers?

or just tyo many connections to the server with a small ammount of bandwidth availability...
 
Hi AcidT

Thanx for your response!

I also think its shaping but shaping on local IP addresses... Because last night I chopped and changed the setting on steam until I got to 249kbps on jhb server setting. Then I got a phone call from a mweb technician asking if I could restart my router, which I did and then my download went back to 39kbps.
 
The mweb server is probably just overloaded. Use the IS server...its usually pretty fast & since you're on uncapped it doesn't really matter which one you pick as long as its a local one (as a courtesy to other users).

Shaping by mweb on mweb's own steam server is very very unlikely...they'd cause more problems for themselves than it would solve.
 
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