Is anyone else having really slow patches the last two weeks? FYI my ISP is CenturyLink

loopdogg

I know there has been gateway problems with CenturyLink in the past. Game play has been fine though just patching that has slowed to a crawl.

rattler2

Not that I am aware of. Could be any number of reasons, ranging from solar activity to something between you and the patch server.

vetteguy904

OP, you can troubleshoot your connection, refer to this thread in gameplay support
https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/star-trek-online/#/discussion/1162154/pc-network-and-other-technical-issues-read-this-first-before-posting

loopdogg

I'm still having the same problem. Patches are only downloading at dial-up speeds. Am I the only one with this problem?

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wraithshadow13

My patches have been the same speed as always, though map transfers have been taking longer than normal.

Regardless, good luck and hopefully you get the issue resolved.

rattler2

Word on the grapevine is that Akami may be at it again, confusing normal MMO traffic with a DDoS attack, and thus throttling speeds going through some nodes between user and STO server.

So to explain, the internet is not like a straight connection from Point A (User) and Point B (Server). There's nodes the User has to go through to reach their destination.
Its more like a city's streets, which each node being an intersection. Say you're driving down a main street, and you hit a red light.

Akami is acting as if they are controlling the stop lights, and if they detect an "unusually high" level of activity through nodes they are operating in... they will assume hostile intent and slow that node down in order to allow the owner to respond to the perceived attack.

Problem is... they have a hard time seeing the difference between hostile attack activity and normal MMO activity.

loopdogg

keepcalmchiveon wrote: »

have you tried a simple reboot of your modem? just for giggles?

Yes I did try that, several times.

loopdogg

I would just like to let everyone know that as of the patch last week it would seem they have fixed whatever gateway was slowing down my patching speeds to almost null. It only took them two and a half months, but better late than never I guess. Thank you to everyone who tried to help me with my issue.

rattler2

Necromancy!
*casts Holy Photon Torpedo*

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