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Fellow GOGgers, we seek your aid! In order to improve downloads as much as possible, we would like you to participate in a little test. Don't worry, it won't take too much of your time and you can get free stuff in the process. :)

Here's the deal. Before you start downloading, please check your connection's speed. Ideally, you should use a service like Speedtest. We will also need to know where you live (the country will be enough - the state could be useful as well if you're from the US of A), but that's an easy one, right?

Now try downloading the files from the links below, one at a time. Keep downloading until your download speed stabilizes (usually no more than a minute) and write down the result. Rinse and repeat for each link:
LINK 1,
LINK 2,
LINK 3,
LINK 4.

Afterwards please share the results, along with your connection speed and location, in a reply to this thread. Please refrain from chatter and comments, unless you experienced problems with any of the links or the download speed wasn't consistent. In case of inconsistent download speeds, please give us a rough average, rather than "from-to" brackets.

To sweeten the deal, we've got promo codes for one free game waiting for 10 lucky participants (one code each). :)

Just so we're all on the same page, the reply should look like the example below.

Connection speed: 13.5 Mbps
Location: Poland
LINK 1: 950 kB/s
LINK 2: 850 kB/s (inconsistent)
LINK 3: 870 kB/s
LINK 4: N/A (couldn't start download)
Post edited March 24, 2011 by Destro
Connection speed: 1.20mbps
Location: Georgia, USA
LINK 1: 93kbs
LINK 2: 98kbs
LINK 3: 70 kbs
LINK 4: 104 kbs
Connection speed:6.01Mbps
Location: Australia - Queensland
LINK 1: 310 KB/s
LINK 2: 723 KB/s Download stalled at 8.1mb
LINK 3: 310 KB/s unstable with Drops to 150KB/s
LINK 4: 730 KB/s
Connection speed: 21.8 Mbps
Location: TN, USA
LINK 1: 1.3MB/S
LINK 2: 1.8MB/S
LINK 3: Inconsistent, 300kb/s-1MB/S (usually 400-500'ish kb/s range)
LINK 4: 3.0MB/S
Connection speed: 0.5 Mbps
Location: Brazil
LINK 1: 58.2 kB/s (took a minute to stabilize)
LINK 2: 58.2 kB/s (stable, right away)
LINK 3: 58.2 kB/s (took half a minute to stabilize)
LINK 4: 57.5-58.3 kB/s (took half a minute to stabilize, minor inconsistencies)

Very, very abusive broadband prices in Brazil. Just recently that 10 to 15 Mbps plans have become standard for ADSL here (maximum plans being 100). And Cable is even pricier, that's why I chose the lowest Cable plan available.
Post edited March 25, 2011 by taczillabr
Connection speed: 15 Mbps
Location: Norway
LINK 1: 600-1200 kb/s (inconsistent)
LINK 2: 130 kb/s (stopped after downloading 23.1 MB)
LINK 3: 0.2-0.7 kb/s
LINK 4: 550-1110 kb/s (inconsistent)
Connection speed: 14.13 Mbps (supposed to be 20)
Location: Dorset (south coast), England
LINK 1: 1.3/1.4 MBps (got halfway through download and it kept slipping between the two)
LINK 2: 795-950 KBps (was fluctuating wildly between the values the whole time)
LINK 3: 1.7MBps (went to 1.6 and 1.8 evenly, but mostly stayed 1.7)
LINK 4: 1.7MBps (again some fluctuating, from 1.5 to 1.8)
Connection DL Speed: 30.22 Mbp/s
Location: Canada
Link 1: 1.41 Mbp/s
Link 2: 1.09 Mbp/s
Link 3: 1.64 Mbp/s
Link 4: 476 Kbp/s
Connection 10,01 Mbps (test done at my workplace; I'm experiencing problems with my connection at home recently)
Location: Lithuania, Vilnius
1. 700-950 kB/s, average 850 (very inconsistent; fluctuating wildly)
2. 890 kB/s (stays consistent)
3. 600-850 kB/s, average 760 (very inconsistent; fluctuating wildly)
4. 770 kB/s (stays consistent)

Update: Fixed the net at home. Here are the results.
Connection: 1.98 Mbps
1. 60 KB/s
2. 250 KB/s
3. 115 KB/s
4. 240 KB/s
Post edited March 25, 2011 by beliar
From home

Connection speed: 5.69 Mbps
Location: Lower Saxony, Germany
LINK 1: 690 Kbs
LINK 2: 660 Kbs (inconsistent 640-690)
LINK 3: 693 Kbs
LINK 4: 692 Kbs
Post edited March 25, 2011 by Trilarion
Connection speed (Speed-test): 16.13 Mbps
Connection speed (ISP stated speed): 20.00 Mbps

Location: England

LINK 1: 1.8 MB/s
LINK 2: 2.0 MB/s
LINK 3: 1.4 MB/s
LINK 4: 2.0 MB/s

No problems downloading from GOG.

OS: Ubuntu 10.10 64bit
Browser: Firefox 3.6.16
Post edited March 25, 2011 by nullzero
Connection Speed: 14.95 Mbps
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada.
Link 1: 1200 KB/s
Link 2: 1.5-1.6 MB/s
Link 3: 500-600 KB/s
Link 4: 2.5 MB/s
Connection speed: 5.27 Mbps
Location: Czech Republic

LINK1: 642,2 kB/s
LINK2: ~600 kB/s (oscillates wildly)
LINK3: 641,3 kB/s
LINK4: 640,8 kB/s
Connection speed: 5.38 Mbps
Location: Hungary

LINK 1: ~640 kB/s (inconsistent)
LINK 2: 640 kB/s
LINK 3: 630-655 kB/s (large, frequent variations)
LINK 4: ~630 kB/s (inconsistent)
Connection speed: 8 Mbps
Location: Turkey

LINK1:774 kb/s
LINK2:810 kb/s
LINK3:489 kb/s
LINK4:144 kb/s
Connection speed: 10.01 Mbps
Location: Germany, Hamburg
LINK 1: 910 kB/s
LINK 2: 1100 kB/s
LINK 3: 1080 kB/s
LINK 4: 1123 kB/s
Post edited March 25, 2011 by Bhaldur