I am in the East USA, SU14 beta, and download speeds were ok. They did seem to slow down on the POI packages.
Other than that, download speeds were good!
If you want to improve the speeds, suggget reading below.
Click here!
This guide intends to show workarounds in the event that your download speeds are slow in the Content Manager/Installtion Manager, as well as giving fixes in the event that you are stuck on decormpressing files.
Note that installing MSFS can take a long time as it’s 120 GBs +, therefore you should take note of how fast or slow your speed is. This can be shown at the bottom left. Note that this is in Mbits per second, not MBs per second. An example is below.
If your download speed is averaging at 15 Mbits per second, you can expect 1 gigabyte per minute. That means that your MSFS installtion can take about 3-4 hours. But, it has to decompress. A general rule of thumb is to double that time, so you can expect MSFS to be ready to play after 6-8 hours of installtion.
This will also be the same when updating items also, so plan your download times accordingly.
If you want to improve your download speed, steps can be found at this Zendesk link: https://flightsimulator.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360015761760-How-to-improve-slow-download-speed (not posted in here due to text limit)
Additionally, you can very early in the download if your speed is slow, pause the download a few times (or cancel it) to improve the speeds. Sometimes that works!
Additionally, it also takes time to decompress these packages. It can take a long time! If you find that you are still decompressing even after the amount of time it took for you to install everything, please refer to this guide: https://flightsimulator.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4406746650770-How-to-troubleshoot-packages-installation-and-decompressing-issues-Stuck-on-big-files- (This also works if you are stuck on a package for more than a few hours)
Keep in mind that the install of MSFS can take a long time, it won’t take 5 minutes. On average, it can take anywhere from 4 hours to 4 days.
Also servers may be very busy so it all depends on the day! (edited)
Also:
Speed Issues | TCP Autotuning Configuration
Please read the following tips to speed up your download speeds.
First Tip
Search for the Command Prompt on your computer and run it.
Type netsh interface tcp show global
Look for Receive Windows Auto-Tuning Level
If it says: Disabled
netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=normal
Second Tip
Search for the Command Prompt on your computer and run it.
Type netsh interface tcp show global
Look for Receive Windows Auto-Tuning Level
If it says: Enabled
netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled
Third Tip
Check this forum post for more information regarding slow download speeds: Very low download speeds & frequent "Package Failed" messages
Final Note
Now restart the simulator and see if it works. If it doesn’t work for you, you can always put it back to however you had it.