Downloading speed 10 KB/s, what year is it? 90´s?

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I have been updating WoW new update for about 1-2 hr now, and its on 91% with 10KB/S. It´s always slow like a turtle when I´m updating games on Battle net client. What´s going on over there?

Maybe put the games on steam instead. Feel like im back in the 90´s with this slow speed, maybe I forgot to plug out my telephone jack and plug?

Discussion NONE, just want to complain.
*30 min later, 93% 5KB/S
*30 min later, 96% 9KB/S

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I remember playing Ultima Online with my 56K modem. Freeserve was my first internet provider. Don’t remember exactly how it worked, was it the price of a local call or something?

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only thing you can do wait or put it at a time when there is less traffic . i downloaded the update at a time when most people go to sleep and it did the whole thing within 2 seconds

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Damn those were the days :smiley:

I still remember my grey coloured 36.6k modem and then finally upgraded to a sexy looking mat black coloured 56.6k :smiley:

I think I used CompuServe for a bit and then was testing out some of the main ISPs, which would give you a free trial. If you didn’t cancel the trial you’d get a phone call demanding a payment. Was always fun to tell them to sit on my finger.

Create a new account/email address and do another free trial xD

Many many hotmail accounts back then and using Netscape as Explorer was poop xD

Loading up mIRC & ICQ \o/

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I’m still waiting to reach the downloading phase .
Right now it is "Initializing "
306 MB out of 350 have been "Initializing " for 30 minutes . And NO , HDD speed is not it as I have a fast ssd .

Not to mention the Update did not even start properly as it was “pending” other update , when there were none other running .

Something is wrong on blizzard side .

Update finally reached Download phase .
Update speed 45Kb …

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What year is it? I download it with 10-15MB/s.

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Works fine for me too. Get better internet OP?

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Freeserve, what a blast from the past!!!

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I had the same problem, I usually bypass it by launching the .exe file directly without going through battle.net, since I have very little time for the game, let alone such slow updates

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I waz with Freeserve too - i think it was 1p/minute, i still use my Hotmail account

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Just a thought- have you checked the download speeds in the Bnet client?? Set download speed to 0 and it should be faster

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I still remember those chat rooms from back then - its how i met my wife!!

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OMG Freeserve and AOL online. “You have Mail”

But on a serious note, are you asking why the speed is so slow (as in you have faster net) or was you boasting to us about how appalling your internet was ?

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You wouldn’t survive even one day in the 90’s

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