Native Access for Windows downloads very slow for 3rd party vendors?

ProfessorChaos

I just built a new PC and started the lengthy process of downloading all the VSTis I own. In downloading the ones that work under Kontakt, I noticed something rather strange. When it's an instrument that comes from a 3rd party company, for example Cinematic Studio Strings or the Royal Albert Hall Organ, the download is painfully slow. As in, it shows that it's going to take hours.

When downloading a Native Instruments instrument of around the same size, it comes as fast as it should for my 500 Mbps internet connection. This is something I've been doing all day long, and it seems to me that it is purely based on the instrument's publisher. Everything NI downloads fast, anything else would take hours for something that should take minutes.

So, either NI has a dedicated server/s for other publishers that is not working well, or they are throttling those downloads on purpose. Has anyone else noticed this?

Vocalpoint

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/40848/native-access-for-windows-downloads-very-slow-for-3rd-party-vendors

All NI downloads are bandwidth managed - so no single user can manipulate the scene.

And of course there are nodes in countries all over the planet. The closer you are to a node - (generally) the better it will be.

Here in Alberta, Canada - doesn't matter what I try to download - it is fast and furious on our 1.25 GBPS connection.

POWER TIP: When building a new PC - simply ensure your content drive is a separate entity that you can simply plug back into the new build and then use Locate in Native Access to cut your time by 95%

VP