Very slow download speeds from GitHub (less than 100 KB/s) despite good connection

[tanvishinde017]

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Hi everyone,

I’ve been experiencing extremely slow download speeds from GitHub over the past few months, and I’m trying to determine whether this is a GitHub issue or something related to my network/ISP.

🔧 My Setup
ISP: Optimum (Texas, USA)
Connection: 300 Mbps down / 25 Mbps up
Fixed IPv4 address

Downloads from GitHub (e.g., source tarballs or releases) are extremely slow — often below 100 KB/s, which is much slower than expected.

Example:
Downloading a ~50 MB file took around 9–10 minutes.

[geek21-exe]

I think it's due to the middle East war thanis hampering the speed of github\amazon etc servers........

[iamjaredkim]

try this https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/github-proxy/dglacfjgmepjdeakglkniccofaameokj