# Are anyone elses patch download speeds busted?

**URL:** <https://forums.eveonline.com/t/are-anyone-elses-patch-download-speeds-busted/520096>\
**Category:** EVE Launcher\
**Created:** [October 12, 2026, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/are-anyone-elses-patch-download-speeds-busted/520096 "2026-10-12T11:21:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![GKFC](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gkfc/32/411069_2.png) [@GKFC](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/GKFC)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2026, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/are-anyone-elses-patch-download-speeds-busted/520096/1 "2026-10-12T11:21:42Z")

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Launcher is currently fluctuating between slow (kB/s) to unusable:

![Eve_Online_Patch_Download_20261012](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/5/c/9/5c9f84e2a80e31733a4afcfa5b535c56cc89fbbb.png)

On Mac. Tried restarting the Launcher. No joy.

Been fine in the past. All other browsing is fine.

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**Author:** ![Dyver\_Phycad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dyver_phycad/32/358575_2.png) [@Dyver\_Phycad](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dyver_Phycad)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/are-anyone-elses-patch-download-speeds-busted/520096/2 "2026-10-12T15:58:06Z")

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I have the same problem every now and then on a random. No idea what causes it. It happens with active work VPN and without. EVE is the only thing affected by this on my machine, as YT keeps playing just fine with 4k.

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**Author:** ![GKFC](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gkfc/32/411069_2.png) [@GKFC](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/GKFC)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/are-anyone-elses-patch-download-speeds-busted/520096/3 "2026-10-13T09:30:32Z")

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Well, it’s better today, but seems like with others experiencing similar issues at times the Launcher / Client aren’t exactly reliable with their network connections.

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**Author:** ![Power\_Armor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/power_armor/32/413178_2.png) [@Power\_Armor](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Power_Armor)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 11:16pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/are-anyone-elses-patch-download-speeds-busted/520096/4 "2026-10-13T23:16:19Z")

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Can’t remember that i ever had this issue. Using Linux.

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**Author:** ![GKFC](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gkfc/32/411069_2.png) [@GKFC](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/GKFC)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/are-anyone-elses-patch-download-speeds-busted/520096/5 "2026-10-20T11:54:22Z")

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Nope, busted again.

Starts downloading… slowly… and hangs at varying levels. Restarting the Launcher doesn’t help.

![Eve_Online_Patch_Download_20261020_Attempt1](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/e/8/e/e8e305b5f37d479d904d7a260e6e72720c086077.png)

![Eve_Online_Patch_Download_20261020_Attempt4](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/5/f/3/5f38e0e2a2b2047dbcfb1c8c1e981336cc9e114b.png)

![Eve_Online_Patch_Download_20261020_Attempt3](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/1/8/f/18fd5afdb7bd45d8af1bd5ef034983e358bf6b95.png)

![Eve_Online_Patch_Download_20261020_Attempt2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/1/b/1/1b1ad88517ecfe09462e0b13598d39b47359457d.png)

Will try again tomorrow, but this patch process is pretty odd.