Your Steam downloads are progressing much faster than those of your peers.
Your Steam downloads are progressing much faster than those of your peers.
It's strange... The screenshot from Steam displays Mbps instead of MBps. Usually it shows MBps, but now it looks different. Maybe checking the Steam settings could help identify which servers are active.
Consider changing your download region. The London data center might be busy or your ISP could have routing problems. Countries like the Netherlands (Amsterdam) and Germany (Frankfurt) offer strong infrastructure with extensive peering agreements, providing ample bandwidth. You should experience fast speeds from these locations, though you may need to switch Steam or restart it for downloads from other areas.
I tested it on both NL and DE Frankfurt sites, and they both reached around 1.6/1.5 Mbps. That's a good result, though it doesn't appear to resolve the problem.
It seems this might not be about networking at all. Ensure your storage space is available on the device you plan to download the game from. Steam could block a 10GB file if it can't reserve that amount of space beforehand—possibly due to an unexpected lack of room. Consider using a free or trial VPN service to check if your internet provider is throttling your downloads. A good starting point is this link: https://www.technadu.com/free-vpn-trial-...red/39434/ First, sign up for an account and use it for a 24-hour free trial without entering payment details. This can help you test the service safely.
The game finally downloaded, giving me two clues: first, it seems I had sufficient space on the drive, and second, the download likely progressed more quickly than expected (Assassins Creed Syndicate is a 32.5GB title at 1.6 Mbps should have taken around a few days, but it actually completed in roughly ten hours). This aligns with the current peak speed of 160 Mbps, though I can't see when or for how long that speed was reached. I'm unsure what actions I was taking during the download. Would there be a way to export a detailed log of the download speeds over time? I'll try checking the ISP shaping suggestion tomorrow evening and let you know my findings. Thanks for your assistance everyone.
Could have looked into Task Manager to verify if it matched the speed Steam indicated.