Download Speed Issue

[NightOwlZzz]

Hi, I'm experiencing a problem where my download speed starts normal but quickly drops to kb. This forces me to restart the download, wasting attempts. If I pause or the speed hits 0 kb, the download cancels and I can't resume it, so I have to start over from the website, using more attempts. I'm using a download manager, and everything worked fine at first, but now I'm unsure if it's causing the issue. Has anyone else experienced this or knows a solution?


This 131 MB download took me 1 hour and the 2 GB one will take 23h, it's also possible that it's due to server overload or traffic control, or maybe I made a mistake.

 

[NightOwlZzz]

I tried download manage but even with that after some time the download fail and unable to continue

I recommend trying another download manager. In my case, I replaced Free Download Manager (FDM) with Internet Download Manager (IDM). With FDM, I was always downloading at 30 kbps, but after switching to IDM, I can now download at 1 MBps. Also, the download speed will increase if you are a user for one month, with another increase after three months. You can check this in the Announcements section.

 

[Haruna]

I hope you consider using the external host as mentioned, or at least for files larger than 300 MB. Beyond that size, due to the download speed, it would take over an hour. I believe the only time I can download at more than 500 KB/s is when there are very few active users, possibly in the early morning. However, since there are almost always 100 users online, the speed is significantly reduced. I imagine that’s why F95z uses external methods.

This is also why the staff suggested using a download manager to at least ensure you can resume the download if you can’t complete it at that moment. I also don’t think they can afford to significantly increase the bandwidth, as it might raise the cost considerably, and their revenue model relies on ads and donations.

We also planned to rent 3 additional proxy servers, each with 10Gbps bandwidth, but due to some issues, we had to postpone it. As for using external links, we have already talked to the uploaders, but whether they use them or not is up to them.

 

[yaxyou]

We also planned to rent 3 additional proxy servers, each with 10Gbps bandwidth, but due to some issues, we had to postpone it. As for using external links, we have already talked to the uploaders, but whether they use them or not is up to them.

I hope to use external links soon, my average download speed is already less than 50kb.

 

[durianpie]

After logging in to the account, opening any webpage becomes very slow, and I don't know what happened

 

[NihilisticCow]

This is still an issue 11 days after the last post. 100 KB/s that also drops to 50 KB/s is just not viable for a site like this. It also seems that uploaders are not using external sites except for mods, for some reason. Is there no solution here?

I had a difficult time even getting here to post this!

 

[Geometry]

This is still an issue 11 days after the last post. 100 KB/s that also drops to 50 KB/s is just not viable for a site like this. It also seems that uploaders are not using external sites except for mods, for some reason. Is there no solution here?

I had a difficult time even getting here to post this!

We're getting tons of traffic all over the world and bots from people trying to scrape the site clean.

Things are not so simple as if it can be fixed immediately , and we're still planning on upgrading the servers but that will take time to plan , budget and execute.

So yes its still slow but it can't be helped until the upgrades happen.

 

[NihilisticCow]

We're getting tons of traffic all over the world and bots from people trying to scrape the site clean.

Things are not so simple as if it can be fixed immediately , and we're still planning on upgrading the servers but that will take time to plan , budget and execute.

So yes its still slow but it can't be helped until the upgrades happen.

I understand. Is there some way to stop web scrapers?

 

[Geometry]

I understand. Is there some way to stop web scrapers?

One thing we are doing is flagging out suspicious accounts so we can manually approve or reject them. If they are wrongly flagged they are free to raise a ticket for appeal and we'll usually approve it after that. That's why we suggest and clearly put in the notices in the main page, that those who are rejected to raise a ticket with us and NOT spam more alts just to get in, you'll only make the process harder if you do that.

We are doing this as an effort to combat people who are unfairly bypassing the download limit by creating alts hence slowing the site down as well as to reject bots who scrape the site.

Another thing we are looking into is banning the IP range of bots/people who are suspected to be scraping the site but we want to use that as a last resort as it might affect legitimate users using VPN.

Ultimately, there isn't a foolproof way to stop them. The best we can do is with the above measures, plus upgrading our server to sustain the load.

 

[dinosaurs]

it's a pirate site, run for free, by volunteers. you just gotta deal with poor download speeds sometimes when pirating shit. some of the problem can be due to people posting huge files with no concern for downloading, like that 7gb scene pack in a single zip file, but sometimes it's just how things are. be thankful and respectful of the hosts and deal with it.

I think the purpose is to intentionally slow down the download and make you pay.

give me a break dude :rolleyes: foh with that.

they participate in sharing files just like the rest of us. they wouldn't sabotage their own site, that they also use, just to make a few shitcoins from what is likely a very potential pool of payers. i sure as hell don't use that shit.