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leezale88
Helpful | Level 5
5 years ago

Dropbox uploads are extreamly slow all the sudden

Just recently  I swapped my hard drive and created a new dropbox sync folder.  Everything transferred over fairly quick and dropbox did its thing.

I then added 300+gb to the sync folder to be uploaded and what usually takes a few hours is now taking over 3 days and my max upload speeds are 450kbs with no fluctuation.  I also noticed that Dropbox updated on my desktop and there is no way to revert to a previous version or stop dropbox from updating.

 

I have fiber internet and my speeds are solid on my connection end. 800-900mbs up and down.

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  • John P.115's avatar
    John P.115
    New member | Level 2
    3 years ago

    Hi, I'm really struggling with slow upload speeds that have happened all of a sudden. It is exactly like what people in this thread have been describing. Did anyone ever find a resolution to the problem with this? I've been contacting Dropbox for over 3 weeks now regarding this and all I get back is the same 'bot type' response describing the process that happens when files are uploaded.
    Any help would be much appreciated!

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    3 years ago

    Hi John P.115, do you have any proxy, VPN, firewall, security software, or even ISP/router settings that could be restricting traffic to the following Dropbox domains?

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