Expected upload speeds of Desktop Uploader?

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I have only used the Desktop Uploader a few times. I just started working with 360 imagery. Since those files are so large, I am noticing that the upload speed is pretty slow. I am getting 2-3MB upload speed. That is a fraction of my network’s upload speed. Do Mapillary servers rate limit, or is there a setting I can change in the Desktop Uploader to fix this?

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There should not be any rate limiting - however I’ve also observed on occasion that for some reason upload speeds can be slow, and then they’ll go back to normal for a future upload. If you try again, do you still see the issue? cc: @caglarpmeta

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Sorry for the trouble. I discovered that this is very unlikely unrelated to Mapillary. I have never had trouble on my network but it looks like something is wrong on my end. My network speeds are incredibly stunted right now.

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No worries, hope you are able to resolve :+1:

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I also had problems with my upload speed and tried several things without any noticeable improvement. Finally, I contacted my internet provider about a second connection, but they were too embarrassed to bother me and replaced the outdated fiber optic modem. Since then, I haven’t had any further problems. Sometimes unrealistic speeds are promised, and I suspect that customers rarely actually test the actual upload speed of their internet connection. It wasn’t Mapillary’s fault; Mapillary is a good method for testing your provider’s promises.

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Thanks for the suggestion. My speed tests are much better now after adding QoS to my network. My speed tests are 100+ MB/s.

Now I’m getting about 10-13 MB/s when uploading to Mapillary. Still kind of slow for uploading 50GB. But I suspect I need to do some speed tests when no one is home to make sure I am getting the expected speeds from my ISP.

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That’s great to hear. My provider gives me a real upload bandwidth of 18 MB/s. To ensure I can do other things undisturbed during uploads, I’m using a decommissioned Lenovo ThinkCentre M910 with a quad-core i5 processor and 16 GB of RAM specifically for this purpose. It runs Ubuntu. A Yinker 4-port HDMI KVM switch with multi-viewer (4x1), type: 9SIBKUMKJM2202, for four computers and four USB switching, completes the setup. The Ubuntu computer runs in the background and isn’t interrupted by anything else.