It depends. I get the exact same speeds as I would on wired. What percentage is your wireless signal? You can find out in the Network settings in the Settings part of the XMB.
Same here. Wired networks are only an advantage if you have super high bandwidth internet access, which can cost upwards of $50,000 a month.
True. It would be helpful if we knew what kind of router he has, what kind of internet service he has, although if he would do a SpeedTest on the PS3, that would provide much of the needed answers as to isolating where the slowdown might be coming from. It may also just be a weak connection between his router and the PS3, but he can test that as well using the PS3's Internet Connection Settings and scanning for Wi-Fi access points, which will also tell him the signal strength.
Even 802.11b is going to be faster than most people's internet connection... again, a speed test might reveal that as well. But even at the maximum 802.11b transfer rate (11 Mbit/s = 1.4 MB per second = 83 MB per minute) then he should have been able to download the SEGA Rally Revo demo in just 10 minutes, but he says it was over an hour, so again, using Ethernet instead of wi-fi or even upgrading to an 802.11g router wouldn't help, as he is not even coming close to maxing out the capabilities of 802.11b.
5569 kb/s is below the maximum level of 802.11b and above the rate you say it is taking you to download, so it appears you are just having bad luck with server traffic.
It could be the type and number of servers that the host (in this case Sony & Microsoft) use, and of course the level of internet traffic to those servers.
I suspect none. Even though some info is undoubtedly being uploaded to the host server, it's likely such a small amount of data that it would have no impact on your download time... and is probably already uploaded right when you first long on, and long before you have selected a file to download anyway.
Unfortunately when I go online to download it tends to be during high traffic. I could wait until the weekend to do my PSN downloads, but it is still quicker just to set it up to download all the new store material before going to bed Thursday night and find it waiting for me when I get home Friday afternoon.
I've actually been getting faster average downloads the last few weeks so I guess this is one of those YMMV situations. For instance I used to get average download times of about 20 MB per minute when downloading off the PSN stores, but lately I've been getting rates twice as fast as before, even as much as 50 MB/m rate. Either case, I suspect most just use background downloading and forget about it.
So does Background Downloading affect speeds at all? You mentioned it and I got curious, no real-world experience to base it on.
I haven't noticed any significant difference in download time between individual downloading and background downloading. You can monitor the background download speed by selecting Download Management from the Network bar in XMB[] and compare the rate to the size of the file to determine the transfer rate.
I haven't noticed any significant difference in download time between individual downloading and background downloading. You can monitor the background download speed by selecting Download Management from the Network bar in XMB[] and compare the rate to the size of the file to determine the transfer rate.
What's nice about background downloading is that not only will it continue downloading your list of files even when playing a game, but if you turn off the PS3 it remembers exactly where you left off so that once you turn your PS3 back on, it starts downloading where it left off - he same goes for if you lose connection during downloading. 👍
These days I use background downloading for everything but the wallpapers, as they download so quickly that they are usually done downloading before I even have time to select the "download in background" option.
That's another thing I like about the downloading options you have with the PSN stores, as you can also download files immediately even if it is currently downloading in the background.
So for instance, if you had several files already selected for background downloading, but then see a file you want to download right away, you don't have to manually pause each file in the download management list. Instead you just select the new file for download, and it will automatically start downloading that file and pause the background downloading for you. 👍
Here are the things that will cause the background downloading to pause:
For those of us that were early PS3 adopters, we have the unfortunate memories of having to download each file manually, as the Background Downloading option didn't become available until the 1.6 update back in March.
- Playing a Blu-ray Disc or DVD
- Using network features of online games
(while a game is in process of ending, background downloading will be stopped temporarily)- Starting PS2 format software
- Starting Folding@home
- Using voice/video chat
- Performing a system update
- Adjusting network settings
If you mean how do you jump on them I just hit them while he was next to a building and the crane you can run up on.I know its quite old but how do you get to Lard Lads 2nd and 3rd hatch in the Simpsons demo?? I really can't do it which probably shows my level of intelligence!
S, but it looks like a good game as well. 
What did you guys think of Timeshift? I thought it was pretty fun, but i didnt enjoy the visuals all that much, they were good, but just not great. I have yet to download NFS
Arent we getting a COD 4 and Uncharted demo next week?
Safely how? You realize you are comparing download times during the busiest time on the PSN servers (as this is the day all new content is made available) to a demo, Ace Combat 6, that was released nearly four months ago, and likely very few people are downloading. How is that at all a reasonable comparison such as to say you can safely say PSN downloads are slower than XBL???
demo. 👍
I do too, but I am just saying I hope they weren't teasing this. That would be quite a disappointment.
For me the series peaked at TM2. Three was OK but the boards weren't very creative and it was WAAAAYYYYY too easy. I did like TM4, I mean I could play as Rob Zombie or use a nuke as a weapon, but it still paled to TM2. If I recall the license was sold after TM2 and so that explains the change.
I have been contemplating Crash Bandicoot as well as Rampage: World Tour for a while. I was contemplating Rally Cross, but while making sure I didn't still have my old TM2 copy I found I still have Rally Cross along with Hydro Thunder GT1, GT2, Resident Evil 2, and Namco Museum vol. 2.
The GT5 video only took me about a half hour to download, which is great for my usual Thursday night speeds. Thursday nights are always slow, but I had Twisted Metal 2 (300+ mb) and the GT5 video downloaded in about an hour.
