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It only affects Gmail. I have tested other HTTP, FTP and HTTPS websites and downloading is fine, at the exact same time the problem is affecting a Gmail attachment download.

The symptoms include both:

  • High waiting time, before the download starts (on the order of 30 seconds); AND
  • Very slow download transfer speeds (on the order of 1kbps)

It's a very strange problem, and I didn't find any recent issues relating to Google Australia. The account works fine at another site with a different ISP, so it's either a computer configuration or ISP - I lean to the latter.

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  • I have the answer, I just need to wait 7 hours before I can though... not enough reputation... Dec 3, 2012 at 22:03

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In my case, this can be fixed by disabling HTTPS for downloading attachments. Note, that this decreases security of the transfer of course, but it does restore normal download experience for attachments.

Instructions:

  1. Open your Gmail account in web browser
  2. Go to settings for your account (cog on the right > Settings)
  3. In the general tab, find Browser connection
  4. Set to Don't always user https
  5. Scroll down, and click Save Changes

Note: There are two radio options, none of mine were selected.

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