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Why are update downloads so slow??

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I'm trying to update a machine with fs2020 on it that hasn't been played in a few months and the flight sim update is 108gb and is taking absolutely forever to download. At this rate it will be 6+ hours at least to update it. I can't be without this machine for that long but want to update the sim so needless to say I won't be updating the sim or playing it today. It's ridiculous that microsoft's servers are this slow. My internet is gigabit speed and I'd say I am maybe getting 500kps at best to their update server. I mean 2005 called and wants its internet speeds back. How about upgrading your internet connection microsoft...

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18 minutes ago, J0nx said:

I'm trying to update a machine with fs2020 on it that hasn't been played in a few months and the flight sim update is 108gb and is taking absolutely forever to download. At this rate it will be 6+ hours at least to update it. I can't be without this machine for that long but want to update the sim so needless to say I won't be updating the sim or playing it today. It's ridiculous that microsoft's servers are this slow. My internet is gigabit speed and I'd say I am maybe getting 500kps at best to their update server. I mean 2005 called and wants its internet speeds back. How about upgrading your internet connection microsoft...

Same issue here.

MSFS

20 minutes ago, J0nx said:

At this rate it will be 6+ hours at least to update it.

It will take longer than that (for some).

This has been talked about since day one on multiple social media. First they don't update, they patch and authenticate every file separately which takes forever, second they outsource the "data" to AWS which they also "throttle" depending on their load in your region. If everyone would update 120Gb at the same time instantly it would crumble the update process.

Ryzen 5 5600X - Noctua U12A, 32Gb Vengence, Sapphire Pulse 5700xt, WD Black SN750 NVMe SSD

I don't complain unless the updates takes more than 6 days. 🤣

ns

Edited by bean_sprout

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1 hour ago, J0nx said:

I'm trying to update a machine with fs2020 on it that hasn't been played in a few months and the flight sim update is 108gb and is taking absolutely forever to download. At this rate it will be 6+ hours at least to update it. I can't be without this machine for that long but want to update the sim so needless to say I won't be updating the sim or playing it today. It's ridiculous that microsoft's servers are this slow. My internet is gigabit speed and I'd say I am maybe getting 500kps at best to their update server. I mean 2005 called and wants its internet speeds back. How about upgrading your internet connection microsoft...

Why cant you use PC while downloading?  There is no reason you cant do other things while it downloads.

It must be a temporary problem, I have always got the speed that I've paid for.

Edited by Ixoye

System: I ASRock X670E | AMD 7800X3D | 64Gb DDR5 6000 | RTX 4090 | 2TB NVMe | Seasonic Vertex 1000W I LG Ultra Gear 34 UW I

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