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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’d recommend moving to dropbox lightning fast in comparison that’s what I’m doing. I’m using my server for the rest. Shame for Microsoft our trust.
Here I am, the rest of the Internet works fast, yet Microsoft's OneDrive only works at 10.5Mbps https://imgur.com/a/YEUWfwd
I have the same issue. And, the response from Microsoft might as well have said, it's not their problem. My hunch is they intentionally slow download speeds, so copying and removing your content is substantially more inconvenient for the user, sustainably lowering their cancelation rate. I mean, it is the same reason you can't click 1 button to select everything and then select download, and you have to outsmart the system or individually select every item separately. While, these tactics are rather shady and distasteful, it is their platform so they can make it a slow as they want to. If I am wrong, I hope someone from mircosoft can offer a better explanation. My speed tests say i can download 100x - 200x faster than what onedrive is currently downloading at 1-2mbps.
Hello Joseph,
In your case you can select all the folders file together, and just untick the OneNote file from the list. then you will see the download option.
However I have same download speed issue, it has started since beginning of the November. Before that i was able to download the folders up to 15 MB ps. but now it is literally downloading in KB´s or Bites.
i use the vbs script to stop and start over again. so i keep getting at least 6-7 MB/s for about 10 minutes
| Dim objShell <br><br>Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") <br><br> <br><br>Do <br><br> WScript.Sleep 480000 <br><br> objShell.Run "powershell -Command ""Stop-Process -Name 'OneDrive' -Force""", 0, True <br><br> WScript.Sleep 5000 <br><br> objShell.Run "powershell -Command ""Start-Process 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft OneDrive\OneDrive.exe'""", 0, True <br><br>Loop <br><br> <br><br>Set objShell = Nothing |
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It seems like no one is paying attention to the fact that the download speed is extremely slow. I have been trying to download my entire OneDrive for days, but the speed remains stuck at just 0.8 MB/s. If I stop the synchronization and restart it, the speed briefly increases to 1-2 MB/s, but with my 200 MB/s connection, I would expect much better performance. Other services like Google Drive, FTP servers, and Apple Cloud have no such issues, which confirms that my connection is not the problem.
