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Incredible slow download speeds with 999Mbps connection (below 15Mbps)

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Just recently Firefox seems to have its downloads capped at 15-16 meg speedtests show the full 1Gig speed OPERA AND EDGE both download at the full 999 megs but firefox has recently stopped downloading any faster then 19 meg

what in firefox could be causing this its not happening in any other browser.

Just recently Firefox seems to have its downloads capped at 15-16 meg speedtests show the full 1Gig speed OPERA AND EDGE both download at the full 999 megs but firefox has recently stopped downloading any faster then 19 meg what in firefox could be causing this its not happening in any other browser.

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Fixed the problem now

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firefox2776 said

Just recently Firefox seems to have its downloads capped at 15-16 meg speedtests show the full 1Gig speed OPERA AND EDGE both download at the full 999 megs but firefox has recently stopped downloading any faster then 19 meg what in firefox could be causing this its not happening in any other browser.

If it's possible, I want to know the solution. Please :)

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My issue was a problem with the location firefox was saving files to I changed the location to an NVME drive which resolved the problem.