19 hours ago, MrBitstFlyer said:

Update MSFS without a VPN = slow or zero MBs.  turn VPN on and 100 plus MBs constantly.

I don't use a VPN but did for a short time a year or so ago.  My update download speed stabilizes around 200mbps w/o a VPN.  I flew most of yesterday with reboots between each flight and had no connection lost issues and haven't since the last time everyone did some time ago that last I think a little over 24h.

This 'old chestnut' of an issue is, as Cpt_Piett says, getting ridiculous. I couldn't fly at all from the Friday afternoon until late on the Sunday morning a couple of weeks ago. Since then I regulalry receive that darn banmdwidth too low error message. Some time ago, guys on here were suggesting the fault could be due to 'throttling' policy by my ISP, after installing a VPN, which I thought would be the answer, the error continued without any improvement whatsoever. I have a 500Mps connection regularly clear my cache, temp files, etc etc etc. still I get the error message. What I am getting tired of is that MS/Asobo seem not to be forwarding any remedy for this, apart from a default check list that they link to. Clearly there is an 'elephant in the room' which is not being fully addressed. 

Edited July 31, 20241 yr by Rocky_53

Since WU 17 I have been regularly unable to fly with PG on, low bandwidth message almost constant. It never happens except in the week or two following a major update. Doesn’t mean it couldn’t be other things but seems likely that way more people flying means their servers can’t keep up. It is annoying and they really do need to change the wording to from “your” to “our” internet connection. Hope it changes because I have yet to be able to check out the new UK PG. since I often get the melted buildings I think there is a real market for Samscene / Orbx to keep making city packs. Really hope this will be much better in msfs 2024.

Edited July 31, 20241 yr by Purr

You guys know you can pre-download scenery for the areas you fly. Would this circumvent the whole issue for local flights? For me, the popup is more annoying than the actual problem.

1 hour ago, Purr said:

Since WU 17 I have been regularly unable to fly with PG on, low bandwidth message almost constant. It never happens except in the week or two following a major update. Doesn’t mean it couldn’t be other things but seems likely that way more people flying means their servers can’t keep up. It is annoying and they really do need to change the wording to from “your” to “our” internet connection.

MS has just admitted that their Azure infrastructure was impacted by an "unexpected usage spike"...  Maybe they should put MSFS World Updates on their calendar 🙂

Edited July 31, 20241 yr by Bert Pieke

2 hours ago, Rocky_53 said:

What I am getting tired of is that MS/Asobo seem not to be forwarding any remedy for this, apart from a default check list that they link to. Clearly there is an 'elephant in the room' which is not being fully addressed. 

See my previous post.. 😉

20 minutes ago, Bert Pieke said:

See my previous post.. 😉

Sure Bert, but I've been experiencing this, on and off, for quite some time now 

Edited July 31, 20241 yr by Rocky_53

For what it's worth, when I use map enhancement (Bing latest option) I get zero low bandwidth issues. With default, I get 100% fail every time.

12 minutes ago, Starlifter60 said:

For what it's worth, when I use map enhancement (Bing latest option) I get zero low bandwidth issues. With default, I get 100% fail every time.

I've heard this before Brian, but sadly, it makes no difference whether I use the map enhancement app or not.

On 7/30/2024 at 10:57 AM, Cpt_Piett said:

I don't know anything about CDN (did a quick google), but I'll try a few flights without VPN. I would be interested to know if the bandwidth issues happen more frequently with VPN on as some posts seem to suggest. I've mainly been using VPN for higher download speeds for world updates etc, but don't really need it in day to day usage. 

You would think on the Executor you would have a really fast connection.  Just a suggestion sir, but you should crack some heads to get that done.  Possibly redoubling your efforts.  And if all else fails, request that Lord Vader take care of the situation in his own way, although that may be a bit...unpleasant.

Incidentally, there are some freeware disconnect popup blockers available for MSFS.  I downloaded one a year or so ago when I had some chronic disconnection problems, and it seemed to solve the problem for me.  Within the last few months, I stopped using the blocker and I haven't had any disconnect issues.   This assumes this is the same type of popup message you're seeing.

2 hours ago, Bert Pieke said:

MS has just admitted that their Azure infrastructure was impacted by an "unexpected usage spike".

LOL, a nice way to say DDOS.

 

https://cybersecuritynews.com/ddos-attack-microsoft-azure/

6 hours ago, Noel said:

I don't use a VPN but did for a short time a year or so ago.  My update download speed stabilizes around 200mbps w/o a VPN.  I flew most of yesterday with reboots between each flight and had no connection lost issues and haven't since the last time everyone did some time ago that last I think a little over 24h.

I've had a similar experience -- never used a VPN, have download speed typically around 200 and rarely have a "lost connection" issue.

MS profit last twelve months about 2790 USD ... per second

Microsoft posted this about what happened yesterday (BrianW link above):

" A flaw in Microsoft’s defense made the situation even worse than expected. The company stated, “While the initial trigger event was a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack, initial investigations suggest that an error in the implementation of our defenses amplified the impact of the attack rather than mitigating it. ”

I like buying in Marketplace to maximize Microsoft profits. They hold the keys to the MSFS kingdom.