The hell are you tlaking about?
Distance isn't going to change speed. It'll only change latency.
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PS4 download speed. Comcast. 40-59 Mbps. PC 80-85 Mbps. How to fix?
- Thread starter friz898
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The hell are you tlaking about?
Distance isn't going to change speed. It'll only change latency.
It does on speedtest, but its probably because I have a shit internet provider called Time Warner Cable.
Aceofspades
Banned
I wanna cry now, 50Mps is slow to you? give me half that and I would be happy!
Lion Heart
Banned
Its not the servers, its a glitch. Since 2.0. They need to fix this shit asap.
Can't speak to the specifics of the issue but yeah, my download speeds turned from acceptable to absolute shit once firmware 2.0 dropped.
PSN speeds have always been shit, so I don't see how it's a PS4-centric glitch.
This has become a huge issue lately among my household. I dont think its mainly the PS4s fault, as when I first got mine the download speeds were amazing compared to the XBone especially. We live in a smaller area with only one cable provider, Suddenlink, and they have a monthly download cap at 250 gigs a month. The first month this began we went over just from normal usage; Netflix, online gaming and the occasional MMO, and just downloading updates on Steam and PSN. After we started noticing problems with the connection they told us our internet was turned off and we had to pay extra just for another 50 gigs.
After this I started tracking all the internet usage in the house. How much bandwidth is being used when and where and see if I can locate any large offenders or leaks if you will. Obviously streaming is a huge problem at High quality so we stopped that most of the week. If we do happen to get anywhere near 50gigs though I noticed they start throttling the bandwidth to a slow crawl. It has become such a huge problem that anything I need to download I have to do it at work and transfer it to my pc at home. Online games that I used to play for hours and hours are now after thoughts due to the lag from the connection being throttled. If I try to play Bloodborne on PS4 I have to do it offline for fear of someone trying to invade me just so I can be sent back to the game's homescreen. Its ridiculous.
Something needs to be done to the Cable industry and its practices. This bandwidth cap is just another way for them to charge people extra even after we already pay for the highest speed available. I cant be the only one who just cant/wont play games that they used too or purchase online for fear of this crap. How was this download only industry supposed to work if the pipeline is so small they have to resort to these kinds of tactics.
After this I started tracking all the internet usage in the house. How much bandwidth is being used when and where and see if I can locate any large offenders or leaks if you will. Obviously streaming is a huge problem at High quality so we stopped that most of the week. If we do happen to get anywhere near 50gigs though I noticed they start throttling the bandwidth to a slow crawl. It has become such a huge problem that anything I need to download I have to do it at work and transfer it to my pc at home. Online games that I used to play for hours and hours are now after thoughts due to the lag from the connection being throttled. If I try to play Bloodborne on PS4 I have to do it offline for fear of someone trying to invade me just so I can be sent back to the game's homescreen. Its ridiculous.
Something needs to be done to the Cable industry and its practices. This bandwidth cap is just another way for them to charge people extra even after we already pay for the highest speed available. I cant be the only one who just cant/wont play games that they used too or purchase online for fear of this crap. How was this download only industry supposed to work if the pipeline is so small they have to resort to these kinds of tactics.
Lion Heart
Banned
Not true, PSN downloads maxed my connection from 2007 (when I bought a PS3) to 2014 (2.0 fw). I have a 35mb connection and it was unbelievably consistent for 7 years, more so than Steam which always seems to stop dead every few minutes for me and fluctuate wildly.
PHOENIXZERO
Member
It's not even completely because PSN servers are slow, I've directly downloaded a file from it onto my PC and it downloaded at full speed (~60Mbps, 7-8MB/s ) but when I did it from my console it still generally tops out at ~12Mbps. Unless it's due to the direct download not going from some other route before going to the console anyway. Granted my experience is only with PS3 and Vita currently but meh...
Well I've been on PSN since 2009 and it has always butchered my connection speed, and this has been over different ISPs, equipment, and even locations. I've seen far more people stating the same than I have people stating the opposite. Sorry, but I refuse to believe that this is a recent issue because it's not.
Melchiah
Member
Just checked, and there seems to have been a slight increase since the last patch on my end.
The PSN test used to give ~67Mbps download speed at max on my 100-70/10-4Mbps wired connection.
That's pretty much the max the PS4 downloads at from PSN. I say the PS4 because PS3 gets even slower speeds on average, and the PC, using a download manager, can download files from the Sony servers a lot faster (talking about downloading PS4 firmware updates).
So I've concluded whatever download method is implemented on the ps4, is limiting it to that speed,much like the download method on the ps3 was limiting it to even slower speeds.
So I've concluded whatever download method is implemented on the ps4, is limiting it to that speed,much like the download method on the ps3 was limiting it to even slower speeds.
SolidSnakeUS
Member
I can sometimes get fast speeds on the PS4, then it just tanks and drags its feet along in the speeds. I sometimes have to make it check the network connection to make it stop acting up.
Melchiah
Member
Yeah, the max download speed on PS3's network test was about 35Mbps IIRC, a half of of the PS4's speed, on the same connection.
And increased latency will limit the speed at which TCP acknowledgements can be sent back to the server, hence reducing speed.
Code:
Round trip latency TCP Throughput
0ms 93.5 Mbps
30ms 16.2 Mbps
60ms 8.07 Mbps
90ms 5.32 MbpsNo, it's because latency actually kills TCP throughput.
YianGaruga
Banned
The best way is to pause the download, run the connection test on the PS4 (which somehow resets the connection), and resume the download. If you're lucky you'll be downloading at max speed afterwards. It might take a few tries but it generally works for me (until it stops working again).
Storm Raider
Banned
Works for me sometimes when I just pause and resume.
Makes no sense, but works sometimes.
YianGaruga
Banned
I've had much less success with just pause/unpause. Running the test or physically unplugging the ethernet cable in-between worked so much more frequently for me that I doubt it's just placebo. I have the feeling that it's actually a bug in the PS4 FW, since there is absolutely no consistency.
loaf of bread
Member
Can confirm pause unpause works wonders. Timer goes from 3 hours to 10 minutes.
QuickSilverD
Member
I get so jealous on these threads, my connection speed is so slow my PS4 can usually don't load things faster than my PC
If there were someone at Sony that I could talk to that could actually help me I'd be thrilled and would love to put something up. As it stands, all I could do is write "yep, it's broken and slow".
I'm trying to download a 20gb file right now and it's saying 25 hours remaining. I'm on 200mbit fiber!
MMaRsu
Banned
Thats ok, just write that bro. At least it will hain some attention. Shit is ridiculous
YianGaruga
Banned
I'd love to see someone grill Sony on this. I'm not even sure they are aware there is a porblem.
There are some weird solutions to fix the speeds as you can see in this thread and many others, so something has to be broken.
Meus Renaissance
Member
Honestly, I think the community is too forgiving when it comes to PSN. Historically, it has been a massive disappointment compared to the other networks. Don't get me wrong - it's a lot better now than it was a few years ago, but there are several underlying issues that Sony wont respond to for another generation.
YianGaruga
Banned
Yeah that's one of the solutions, but it never worked for me for example.
MAYBE, I repeat, MAYBE it's not an issue, works this way by design.
Let me explain, since some users report that in rest mode their PS4's seems to download faster, maybe when you are using your console, the downloads are throttled down to prevent the download writing so fast to the disk that the game data transfer could be negatively impacted, because the disk is busy.
Let me explain, since some users report that in rest mode their PS4's seems to download faster, maybe when you are using your console, the downloads are throttled down to prevent the download writing so fast to the disk that the game data transfer could be negatively impacted, because the disk is busy.
YianGaruga
Banned
Norwegian_Imposter
Member
to what amount?
YianGaruga
Banned
I think it was 1430
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
I get my max DL speed that matches my ISP so I did not need to do this, but others have found great success in it.
http://www.shortpause.com/blog/2014...-slow-download-speeds-on-playstation-consoles
http://www.shortpause.com/blog/2014...-slow-download-speeds-on-playstation-consoles
Reducing the MTU doesn't make sense unless you're getting your Internet connection through HAM radio or a 56 kbps modem, though, so it's not surprising it didn't had any effect for you.
Pausing/resuming downloads may cause the console to connect to another -faster- server at the CDN's side, on the other hand.
Melchiah
Member
It would be nice to know why the speeds have been inconsistent during the past weeks. I've usually gotten pretty good download speeds on my 100MB wired connection, but now it often starts to crawl below 1Mbps, and pausing and restarting doesn't always help. I dunno if the problem is related to PSN, the ISP, or what, and if it has anything to do with the recent online disconnections in my household. I contacted the ISP about the disconnections, and they said it's because I've got seven devices connected, when the maximum is five, but I don't have seven online devices here; only four on weekdays, and five on weekends when my girlfriend comes over.