this questions has been bugging me since vista. i download a 100+MB file for 1 hour 70kpbs MAx! but with windows update it can download a 600MB+ withing 2 hours or early already search the forum. havent found the answer too
What is the upload speed from the server you are downloading from? Windows update servers has great upload speed!
thats because the updates are hosted in a region near u hence the local speel, i always get 254kb/s when i download from microsoft and apple and stuff but my normal downloads are 128kb/s. many servers are hosted by akamai, hence much faster. ur ISP provides for this
It wasn't really a question, it was rhetorical. Your download always depends on the upload from a server, if that server has a small upload speed and 20 people download you can imagine your download speed is slow.
that explains it Thanks guys, its great to ask here, people rep without saying your stupid then it goes to how weak is you PC installing utorrent and it installed bloatwares "watching family guy"
Some internet providers store popular web pages and programs on their server so that when you download it you are getting it from them and not the link you clicked on . It saves them money on bandwidth and the plus side is you get it faster
The answer is an easy one. Just because Windows Updates states that you have 600mb in updates (for example) doesn't mean you'll download all 600mb of them. It is going to download the files necessary to your computer and operating systems needs.
yup, a lot of ISP's will have a cache and call it "Turbo" or the like. Only problem with this sometimes, is that an older version of a file might be in the cache and isn't caught during DL, rare but happens.