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buckleb · 27-12-2011, 13:53

Interesting that you have no problems. I see a fair few complaints about slow downloads from Apple but no real resolutions. The problem is definitely related to Apple downloads though, as everything else is fine.

There is a train of thought that it is dns related (apparently apple use a distributed download service where users get directed to the nearest server) and that using a third party dns provider forces everyone on to one server. I've tried changing providers with no difference in download speed at all.

I'm stumped, but will perhaps save money given that downloading anything takes forever!

27-12-2011, 13:53	#4
buckleb Inactive Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sawbridgeworth Services: Vivid 200 Tivo 500GB Posts: 366	Re: Slow Downloads from Apple Interesting that you have no problems. I see a fair few complaints about slow downloads from Apple but no real resolutions. The problem is definitely related to Apple downloads though, as everything else is fine. There is a train of thought that it is dns related (apparently apple use a distributed download service where users get directed to the nearest server) and that using a third party dns provider forces everyone on to one server. I've tried changing providers with no difference in download speed at all. I'm stumped, but will perhaps save money given that downloading anything takes forever!