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tmvr

Download speeds on Oculus/Meta PC software are terrible

What s going on with the PC download speeds? They are abysmal. Takes minutes to patch 70MB. Seems to be going on for a couple of days, found two threads about it:

From 5 days ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/17ynlpv/oculus_pc_software_is_a_joke/

From 3 days ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/180v6at/really_slow_downloads/

The behaviour is basically the same as show on the screenshot here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/180v6at/comment/kajt5ml/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

The download works for a couple for seconds then drops to zero for another couple of seconds and so on. I wanted to download AW1 now that I got it with AW2 for free, but that's not going to be possible as the download will never finish. Also can't setup the software and get games downloaded on a new PC because even a couple of gigabytes would take days.

Oculus support does not seem to have any clue, they are answering people with reinstalling software (which is also excruciatingly slow btw) and jump through weird hoops even though the issue is obviously not with the client/user machines or their home network/ISP. Nothing usable on the Oculus/Meta forums either, the only thread about it that I found from 2 days ago:
https://communityforums.atmeta.com/t5/Get-Help/PC-App-Download-Speed/m-p/1106747

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Posted Nov 24, 2023, 12:14 PM UTC

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ChopSueyYumm•

I downloaded aw1 in 6hours or more it took a day and I have an 1GB / 1GB fiberglass connection. I tried to use a VPN to speed it up but no chance it was slow as hell.

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Hello, thanks for spreading the problem :) I also wrote on that Meta thread that you showed, maybe it will raise some awareness.

I am a bit a worried that it is a sign of Meta completely leaving the PC platform.

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tmvrOP•

No worries, but I would not expect much movement before next Mon or Tue with this being the Thanksgiving weekend. This is me being optimistic that someone actually does look at it early next week :))

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