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chrismo
7 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Maximum download and upload speeds
I'm setting up a new computer and syncing my dropbox business account to it. The internet connection is great on fiber optic cable (1500MB/s) but my download speeds on dropbox are about 24MB/sec Wha...
- 7 years ago
That won't do you any good. There are so many things that affect speed that you could have two people with an identical setup and still have wildly different speeds. Your computer, your local network, your ISP, the route your traffic takes to get to Dropbox, the Dropbox network and servers, congestion along any part of the route to Dropbox, throttling by your ISP (very common), failures along the route that cause your traffic to take another path, etc.
Simply put, there is no expected speed. You get whatever speed you're capable of given all the factors above, and many others.
klepp0906
6 years agoCollaborator | Level 10
becoming less happy with the service as of late. First the symlink change which they could have at least made an option instead of screwing the masses.
now I finally circumvent that by literally shooting my large files to another pc and installing dropbox there in order to get them uploaded, and turns out im uploading at 3000kbps.........
this is on symmetrical gigabit fiber. if this is what its like with the "no limit" box checked, i can only imagine at the alternative lol.
for whatever reason i am able to double to triple it 7-12000kbps if i connect to a vpn.
either way abysmally slow
u_kadru
6 years agoCollaborator | Level 9
What operating system are you using? I used Dropbox on two different Win 7 machines and I never got upload more than 3500 kbps. When I installed Win 10 on one of the machines, Dropbox is suddenly capable of maxing out my 400/150 Mbps connection. I think something is wrong with their Win 7 application.
- klepp09066 years agoCollaborator | Level 10
im on win10 on all my machines at this point. just checked again, 13kbps. leaves a whole lotta meat on the bone considering i can run a speedtest right now and get like 960mbit up :(
like most with this type of connection, upload was my entire motive for changing from cable to fiber. shame it falls short in areas like this for whatever reason. - pravesh_b6 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Hey! I also had the same issue with dropbox and just a few days back they solved my problem. Use the link below and download this version.
But before installing this disconnect your dropbox connection and then uninstall it. Then restart your pc and install the newer version using this link
https://www.dropbox.com/downloading?build=89.3.272&plat=win&type=full
- klepp09066 years agoCollaborator | Level 10
will give it a shot, thanks for the reply!
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