I was downloading a demo for a game and it started out at a whipping 1.45 Mbps but then by the time it finished 15 mins later it was doing only about 430 Kbps. WHY????
2007-02-25 06:15:52 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
I believe he's talking about a single EXE file, in which case, the answer is, as far as FireFox (I don't use IE, but I assume it's the same way), while it is asking you where to save the file, it has already started downloading the file to a temporary folder.
Now, when you click Okay to accept where to save it, it jumps from 0 KB to however much it's downloaded so far, which tricks the browser into reading it as downloading much faster than it really is. The 430 is closer to your real download speed.
2007-02-25 06:36:11 · answer #1 · answered by Kevin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is because of the files it is downloading the small ones go fast and the bigger ones take longer to download I am sure it starts with the smaller ones first
2007-02-25 14:25:48 · answer #2 · answered by Bullz_ eye 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋