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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: 8.02 Mbps
Location: Tennessee, USA
Link 1: 427 KB/s
Link 2: 487 KB/s
Link 3: 295 KB/s
Link 4: 580 KB/s
Connection speed: 2.93 Mbps
Location: Kentucky, USA
Link 1: 344 KB/s
Link 2: 339 KB/s
Link 3: 357KB/s
Link 4: 355 KB/s
Post edited March 23, 2011 by Roberttitus
Connection speed: 18.5 Mbps
Location: UK
LINK 1: 2.2 MB/s
LINK 2: 0.5 MB/s (inconsistent)
LINK 3: 0.7 MB/s (inconsistent)
LINK 4: 2.3 MB/s

I'm on a wireless connection, if that matters any.
Connection speed: 6.10 Mbps
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
LINK 1: 106.9 KB/s
LINK 2: N/A (couldn't start download)
LINK 3: N/A (couldn't start download)
LINK 4: N/A (couldn't start download)

On a wireless. Waited about two minutes for links 2 to 4.
Connection speed: 3.8 Mbps
Location: New Zealand
LINK 1: 270 kB/s
LINK 2: 460 kB/s
LINK 3: 27 kB/s (varies between 20-35 kB/s)
LINK 4: 457 kB/s
Connection speed: 1.32 Mbps download, 1.54 Mbps upload
Location: Indonesia
LINK 1: 90 kB/s (highly inconsistent)
LINK 2: 140 kB/s (inconsistent)
LINK 3: 110 kB/s (highly inconsistent)
LINK 4: 150 kB/s (inconsistent)
Location: Edinburgh, UK
Connection Speed: 3.94 Mbps (capped uni connection)
LINK 1: 467KBs (flickers a couple kb/s above and below)
LINK 2: 475KB/s (inconsistant)
LINK 3: 468KB/s (solid)
LINK 4: 468KB/s (solid)
Connection Speed: 1.28 Mbps
Location: USA (Texas)
LINK: 156 KB/s
LINK: 156 KB/s
LINK: 128 KB/s (inconsistent)
LINK: 120 KB/s (inconsistent)
Location: Boston, MA, USA
Speed: 5Mbs

Link 1: 600 kbs
Link 2: 600 kbs
Link 3: 600 kbs
Link 4: 600 kbs
connection speed: 19.88 mbps
location Indiana, USA
link 1: 1.25 mb/s
link 2: 1.55 mb/s
link 3: 1.52 mb/s
link 4: 1.54 mb/s
Connection speed: 2.47 Mbps
Location:Fife, Scotland
LINK 1: 290 kB/s (inconsistent)
LINK 2: 300 kB/s (inconsistent)
LINK 3: 295 kB/s (inconsistent)
LINK 4: 290 kB/s (inconsistent)
Speed test: 8.72 mb/sec
Location: UK
Link 1: 935 kb/sec
Link 2: 1.0 mb/sec
Link 3: 905 kb/sec
Link 4: 1.0 mb/sec
Post edited March 23, 2011 by amok
Connection speed: 5.74 Mbps
Location: Australia - New South Wales
LINK 1: 230 kB/s
LINK 2: 660 kB/s
LINK 3: 240 kB/s
LINK 4: 650 kB/s
Connection speed: 5 Mbps
Location: Canada
LINK 1: 367 kB/s
LINK 2: 708 kB/s
LINK 3: 374 kB/s
LINK 4: 352 kB/s
England
Connection speed: 46.54 Mbps
Link 1: 5.4 MB/s
Link 2: 5.4 MB/s
Link 3: 5.5 MB/s
Link 4: 5.7 MB/s

They were all pretty stable all the way through; I don’t think there was realy any difference in the download speed between them all.