Downloads take very long (Internet is slow)

If it takes more time to download small files (e.g. 20 minutes for a 100 MB file), contact your ISP provider/Operator. Every ISP/Operator has a hotline that helps users resolve minor issues.

Maybe the ISP/Operator experiences some technical difficulties they are not aware of, or they may already work on fixing them. If that is not the case, they will guide you how to diagnose the problem by yourself.

If you are downloading files while you are browsing the net and you have many tabs opened in the background, they might be slowing down your internet speed and as a result, the download time increases.

This happens mostly because of the unused tabs that are running in the background and "draining" your internet connection. Too much open tabs can also slow down your computer. 

In order to increase the download speed, write down the names of the files you want to download and close your web browser. After a minute or two, open the web browser, enter the name of the files and start downloading them.

Note: If this solution doesn't work, maybe the internet connection itself is slow. In that case, check out the slow internet connection solutions to learn how to speed it up.

The download speed decreases if many people subscribed to the same network browse the Internet at the same time. However, the number of people browsing the Internet after midnight or early in the morning is smaller than the number of people browsing the net during the day. As a result, the download speed increases.

If your download speed is slow during the day and if downloads take very long, download files around midnight or early in the morning. The network won't be overloaded, given the fact that not many users are online after midnight or in the morning.