Wth 9Gb Of Updates

[KaptCrunch]

gee must be a crappy game for 9 gb update out of the box and an used a disk to install

 

strange that game never fully installed from disk, have to go online to install 

 

WTH why give a disk

[tsw 8.5]

right ..most of the 9 gigs are maps ..the maps are huge so that is what you have ..the game is great just wish they would work on it more ...then making a new BF4 .get in and play hardcore or soft but the game is great ..NOT A COD  game so get ready to die a lot

[KaptCrunch]

_{maps were 1.6 gb   so total download is 10.6   with a slow connection  i'm @ 66%  started 5pm yesterday} 

[iEvil]

Origin isnt capped far as I know, so the speed depends on your download speed I guess. Too bad it wasn't Bad Company 2, I have an unused Limited Edition of BFBC2 on disc that I could have sent.

[TecHnOBoY]

I have installed the game last year in October or November (3 gig update), played the campaign and stopped playing. In February I started to play again and got 8GB of updates within one week. (2x4).

 

@@iEvil

Sorry, but Origin IS crap. I baught the Premium upgrade last month. 6 hours for all addons! Each download started with 1,5 MByte (16 Mbit) and went down to 35-40KByte after ~90%. I have paused the DLs and performed a speed test. Result: 16Mbit. So it was Origin. I had the same problem with the previous updates too.

[pancakes]

i get anywhere from 5mb/s to 70mb/s when i download stuff from origin

[tsw 8.5]

never had a prob...install the game first time on reg hd ..2.5 hours ..then put in ssd and took 36 min all updates have never took more then 15 mins ..just dont know what happens ..but i have 46 down and 6 up..that could be the part ..

[iEvil]

I have installed the game last year in October or November (3 gig update), played the campaign and stopped playing. In February I started to play again and got 8GB of updates within one week. (2x4).

 

@@iEvil

Sorry, but Origin IS crap. I baught the Premium upgrade last month. 6 hours for all addons! Each download started with 1,5 MByte (16 Mbit) and went down to 35-40KByte after ~90%. I have paused the DLs and performed a speed test. Result: 16Mbit. So it was Origin. I had the same problem with the previous updates too.

 

 

 

        

    

    

Your download speed is dependent on numerous factors.

 

 

 

* Your ISP.

 

* Your network hardware.

 

* Your software environment (other applications using network bandwidth).

 

* Overall connection speed to nearest CDN node (ping) .

 

 

 

Since these factors are unique for every user it is near impossible

to diagnose "why" you are getting slower than average download speeds

unless you want to start getting into packet captures and things like

that which are beyond the scope of this forum.

 

 

 

Since you mentioned you get better rates through other programs

(Firefox etc.), if I had to guess I would say the problem lies between

your ISPs network and the nearest Akamai server. Akamai technologies are

used for Origin's content delivery system.

 

 

 

I can tell you that Origin will use any available network bandwidth

while you are downloading a game. So my advice would be to shut down

any other programs that may be using up bandwidth (Skype, file sharing)

and try running your downloads when you aren't going to actively using

your PC.

 

 

 

Let us know if you have any other questions.

 

 

 

Regards,

 

    

    

    

EA_MikeNoface

 

Origin Live Support

 

http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/7490959.page

Edited April 12, 2013 by iEvil

[TecHnOBoY]

EA standard reply ^^

 

I have full access to the network of my ISP as I am an technician there. this is not the problem. The prob is the "nearest CDN node". In Steam I can select a download server manually. This would be a nice feature for Origin. But it's EA...