Steam Downloading Issues

Poin Dexter

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I hesitate to ask, but I am at a loss. I cannot find any information from either Steam or AT&T.

I have AT&T fiber, and games download very damn fast on GOG and Blizzard launcher but for some reason, Steam downloads sputter out and take days to download. I have tried uninstalling Steam and reinstalling it, changing my local server, etc (worked fine on Uverse DSL).

I have a huge Steam library and want to play a few games. Anyone here have some thoughts on this?
 
Noodleface

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What router and or modem you using? Have you tried resetting to defaults? Have another laptop or PC you can test on?
 
Poin Dexter

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Noodleface said:
What router and or modem you using? Have you tried resetting to defaults? Have another laptop or PC you can test on?
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I am using the one they set up, and no currently I do not have another PC to test on.

Router/Modem is a BGW210. Streaming and everything else works great.
 
hodj

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Currently it could be because of heavy volume from the Christmas sale. Is it always like this?

Sometimes I find Steam very sluggish and other times its lightning fast
 
Hekotat

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Do a Google search for the ports steam uses and try opening them on the router and your firewall
 
Poin Dexter

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hodj said:
Currently it could be because of heavy volume from the Christmas sale. Is it always like this?

Sometimes I find Steam very sluggish and other times its lightning fast
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It is always like this, it takes a day to download.

Hekotat said:
Do a Google search for the ports steam uses and try opening them on the router and your firewall
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Did that, no change. Unfortunately it is pretty consistent across the board every day and time of the week.
 
Hekotat

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Poin Dexter said:
It is always like this, it takes a day to download.



Did that, no change. Unfortunately it is pretty consistent across the board every day and time of the week.
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I'm assuming you already checked download settings in Steam.
 
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DickTrickle

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Strange. Steam is always blazing fast for me. Wouldn't be surprised if ATT is throttling them given what else you said.
 
Hekotat

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I had that happen with PSN once on ATT, I had to fuck around with DNS settings to get it to work at a reasonable speed. I'm assuming Le Google has shown no answers?
 
Poin Dexter

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Google and Steam Forums aren't giving me jack. I will worry about it Wednesday, when I still have a week and no holidays I care about before going back to work.
 
jooka

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Best answer might be to buy your own modem and router provided ATT allows that.
 
goishen

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Best thing I can think of to do is try out a VPN.

If it speeds up, then you have a throttling issue, if not, you may wanna keep looking. It may just be as simple as they're having the Christmas sale right now.
 
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