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Hmm.. This has never happened before, but I am getting low kbs every time I try and download some sounds off this site. Usually around 10-15 kbs. But before, I would get at least 150kbs? It's definitely a dramatic change. I'm not sure if it's my internet because I can download anything else, not on this site, at around the usual speed of 150kbs.

I'm still getting 2.0MB/sec, so perhaps it's your internet connection.
Let me know if the problem persists...

- Bram

my computer is telling me that to download a six minute wave file its going to take 5 1/2 hours im on a T1 connection with a mac G5 dressed to the 9's yet im only downloading at a max of 3 kb/sec how is this possible?

Haven't enough people brought this up for you to look into it? I have a fast internet connection, and yet have the same problem. It is relatively new. Sounds won't play in the preview, and they won't download, right click -> save as or not.

I've this problem too.
for a while the download is very slow for all samples, even I download at 1 kb\s!
I have tried with all browsers, but the problem remains.
I guarantee that others download in internet goes perfectly...
HELP ME, PLEASE!

hey,

1. could someone with this problem provide me with a traceroute to freesound.org and media.freesound.org?

2. Also try downloading these two (100MB) files:

http://media.freesound.org/files/test.dat
http://www.freesound.org/test.dat

and tell me how long it took for each of them.

3. please try downloading that file with at least 2 different browsers (for example firefox, internet explorer, opera, safari, chrome) and report for each.

thanks,

- bram

I will answer all your requests.

1)these are the traceroutes of the links

THIS IS freesound.org

http://i.imagehost.org/t/0848/Immagine.jpg

AND THIS IS media.freesound.org

http://i.imagehost.org/t/0669/Immagine2_q1.jpg

2) I' ve tried to download the two .dat, download speed is roughly 3 kb\s.

3) I've tried on Explorer, on Firefox and on Chrome, but the speed is the same.

Help me, please...
This thing is making me crazy...

THANKS!

Could you try on another computer, just to make sure it's not the computer?
A laptop, or something.

- bram

Also could you let me know if this is a constant problem (all day and night long) or just sometimes?

- bram

1)this problem appears all the time...

2)so, i've just tried on the other computer but it's the same...

please, bram, help me, i really don't know what can i do...

Hey guys,

could you try again and let me know if it still happens?

- bram

Hey, it's working again for me! Whatever it is you did, thanks.

ShnitzelKiller
Hey, it's working again for me! Whatever it is you did, thanks.

whatever it is you did, bram, for me it doesn't work... :cry:

hey bram, are there news?

the download speed isn't changed...
HELP!!!

we're working on a possible solution for the problem.
it's very difficult to figure out what exactly is going wrong because we don't see the problem.

but we've found some hints that MIGHT indicate the problem.

stay tuned for more news...

- bram

hey bram, there's one more thing.
i tried to download from freesound from a my friend's home, who lives in my own city and from that, I download normally.
surely it's a problem of my connection, or my telephone line.
I repeat that in any other download in my pc, the speed is very normal.
maybe should be a conflict between my connection and Freesound only.
I hope this is helpful.
Thank you so much for the time you're dedicating for me.

frizz00: yeah, many people can download just fine. What kind of line do you have?

- bram

Hey guys,

could you let us know if this is still happening?

also, could you let me know your operating system?

- bram

And just today in the same way it started going s l o w l y it's working ok!!

yu-huuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!
the download speed is again normal!!!!
you're great bram, how did you do it?
I love you!!!
tell me, what was the problem?