hldsupdatetool very slow

[mats]

I'm installing on a dedicated server with a 100mbit connection but the hldsupdatetool is sooooo slow.

I do:
./steam -command update -game synergy -dir .
Checking bootstrapper version ...
Updating Installation
5min later
Checking/Installing 'Synergy Content' version 0
10 min later
0.38% ./orangebox\synergy\bin\server.dll

First it was very fast, but know sometimes i just not wants to start. also when the server crashes sometimes it doesn't want to restart because its stuck at the part updating installation

[lodbot]

How long has this been happening? It could be that Steam's machines are performing poorly.

[mats]

its still slow, and last week had the same problem when installing a cstrike server

[ClanWoof]

I'm having this same issue a few hours ago. Just reinstalling linux on my server hope it's not going to be super slow downloading all the server things later

[iNX-Gaming]

We're getting this at the moment and have been the past few days.

[realchamp]

I've noticed it too, with downloading games or anything else from steam.

And SRCDS - Games servers.

But my conclusion is:

Did you all got alot of new free games?
http://forums.srcds.com/showthread.php?tid=8490&pid=47395#pid47395
Yes I did - You're downloading and I quess steam can't handle it!