Are Unity downloads suddenly taking FOREVER, or is it just me?
Last couple of times I’ve updated the wait has been insane. I’m currently installing Unity 2017.1.0p2 and it’s been going for about 3 hours so far. It seems to take like 30-60 seconds to download a MB.
I think the problem is on your end. The last couple times I’ve downloaded Unity (several in the last week) the download speeds have been pretty standard.
Yeah - must be the 56K modem that I’m using…
???
Obviously I’ve checked my end 
I have a 100Mbit connection that’s extremely fast doing anything OTHER than downloading Unity.
Are you downloading via the installer, or direct links for individual packages?
Do you know what I do in these instances? I log onto my shared hosting account on DreamHost, use wget to transfer the file from its original server to my hosting account, place it into a public location, and download it.
Before resorting to remote servers to download to, I grab the files from the original links
(Usually works, even policy-limited corporate computers.)
If that’s slow it means the CDN really hates you, or your ISP hates customers.
Sweet. People occasionally ask for the original links in Getting Started. This will really come in handy!
GitHub link to the underlying stuff. Seriously old now. I’ve changed ways to do web servers at least three times since, but it still works. The link extraction is probably of most use.
I grab the installer package from here: Download Archive
That part is fine (it’s a tiny file).
It’s during installation, after you choose the platforms you want, and the installer downloads them, that things are incredibly slow.
@Murgilod I just reread my comment above - please note it was meant to be funny, not snarky
Yes, that’s the part many people have trouble with, including me while in some new place with guest wifi set to Stasi. Those direct links for individual packages generally work faster then, at the cost of a little annoyance (installing each one individually).
Oh, don’t worry, I caught your meaning. Mostly because I’ve seen you around the forums a billion times and you tend to come across that way in your posts generally.
As in I come across as a bit of a dick?
More like a casual joker than that. I’ve encountered very few people on these forums I’d actually object to in person, and you’re definitely not one of them
What do you consider slow? I haven’t downloaded a 2017 version yet, but my normal DL time is around 20-30 minutes.
I consider that not bad, but I’m running a 15Mbit connection - so I don’t expect blazing fast downloads.
All up it took about 3.5 hours to download/install.
EDIT: And it was the same on Unity 2017.1.0p1. Maybe the patches are just coming from a crappier server.
Just FYI to close this off, I ended up testing downloading of Unity 2017.1.0p3 with my VPN.
I’m in Sydney, Australia. Using my direct internet connection, I get the issue of about a 3 hour download time. Using a Sydney-based POP within the VPN, same thing (VERY slow). Using a US (California) based POP within the VPN, download takes about 20 minutes.
So… looks like maybe a CDN type issue? And that Unity doesn’t like Australians.
There’s your problem!
Yep. Same issue online gaming often has in Australia. You lot are always screwed when it comes to services 
Auto-selection of servers is barely an afterthought for too many CDN companies.
You can dig a little with WHOIS info on the IP addresses it gives you and see which companies actually manage the lines, then compare with other downloads which don’t give you any reasonable speeds. I bet you’ll find a small list of repeat offenders 
I’d consider this a bug in infrastructure.
Last time I downloaded it, I got ~100MBps nowhere near my full download speed but still acceptable.
You should use a downloader to speed up your download.
Use direct-links instead and install manually.
I use this page https://getunity3d.com/ to get direct-links. it’s faster
only 3 hours, I am dreaming of this. I need 60 hours for downloading. Unity give me only 6,2 kb/sec …
May be its depend on witch country you are.