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Hi everyone,
I'm confused by the fact of Onedrive's downloading speed to be very slow. I'm trying to download my video file from Onedrive and the speed is 1 MB/s only, having internet channel speed 100 mbps. Download speed from competitor's servers (Mega.nz, FREE Plan) is 10 MB/s, which utilizes my whole channel. The funny thing is that the upload speed was 10 MB/s to Onedrive's servers, but the download speed is only 1 MB/s.
I've removed any limits on download speed in Onedrive app, updated the app, changed TCP congestion protocol to BBR, but the result is the same.
Attaching here the pictures:
Onedrive download speed
I'm quite aware of other complaints on Onedrive's download speed, but still hope for a resolution. I've sent my question to Onedrive's tech team, but here I'm posting to:
Onedrive app version for Windows 64: 23.246.1127.0002
A Microsoft file hosting and synchronization service.
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I try to check the file that I want to download on website and then click download button. The process will be done through browser and it seems faster then native app.
Solution Found!
I assume many people here are downloading from onedrive via browser (chrome, edge etc). The ~1mb/s speed is unavoidable via browser downloads.
BUT if you get the onedrive windows client and login, and amend the download rate to max (i think 100,000kbs) you will get a much faster download speed. I've hit 18gb of downloads in 15mins via the desktop client, compared to 2gb over an hour via browser.
Use the Desktop Client, and max Download rate in Onedrive settings.
I think there's some issue with downloading whole folders via the browser. Single files download faster, but Onedrive can't parse through bulk files in folders fast enough or can't process concurrent file downloads.
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Hey, I just turned off my VPN and the speeds jumped up really good! :) Maybe they don't like VPNs?
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