Why does it take 3 hrs to download an update on high speed internet

Okay so i have a good fast provider on high speed internet but when i seem to download updates on my macbrook pro it takes awhile for it to download. On average its been about 2 hrs longest 4.. Now for example i have app store updating an app which size is about 1.34 gb i starts out at 30 min and then just skyrockets from there. And if i amlooking at it as in the screen is open to the app store update page it takes long but omce i change screens it goes feom 3 hrs to under an hour. I dont if its just me but why does it seem to not be able to multitask? Am i missing something here. I have a 3 year old hp with faster processing capabilities. Please help out. Some one

Sometimes it doesn't really depend on your ISP download speed, it depends on how busy the developer's servers might be. For instance, last night I downloaded an 800+MB file from the Apple Developers website. What usually takes less than 30-40 minutes took over 3 hours because so many people were hitting the servers and the same files at the same time.
So if your download speed is fast via your ISP, remember that things on the server side may be slow or busy: and that's going to take additional time to download.
Just curious as to what your download speed actually is and what size the files were that you're trying to download?
Clinton

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