19-02-2026 10:15 PM
Hello a strange one indeed,
I'm on EE's 900 core full fibre, using the Smart Hub 7 Plus SH35A with the latest firmware (confirmed by a quick Google search).
The speeds and pings are fine (confirmed on other devices and on my PS5 Pro via the connection test and in-game ping meters) yet downloading is impossible due to the fact it's stating it'll take hours to finish downloading. Earlier this week my PS5 Pro was working fine, my Series X and Switch 2 currently work even with this weird issue happening right now.
I use ethernet on all of my consoles and I even swapped the ethernet cable between my Series X and PS5 to rule out a router and/or ethernet cable problem yet the problem remains. Switching to wireless resulted in the exact same problem on my PS5 Pro - there was no difference. I even did a factory reset of my PS5 Pro which allowed me to download one game at normal speed before it slowed to an absolute crawl afterwards when the next queued item (only a 15gb DLC) resulted in the same lengthy time period.
I can only assume and make an uneducated guess that it's an issue between EE and PlayStation specifically - as my Series X and Switch 2 are downloading games perfectly fine without any problems at all.
Very curious, can anyone else replicate this with their own PS5 (Pro or regular)?
Thanks in advance.
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05-10-2026 09:10 AM
@Powler29 Did you have to disable the iPv6 to get it to work for you?
08-10-2026 11:08 AM
I did yeah. That’s sorted the download throttle issue.
08-10-2026 07:26 PM
@Powler29 Thanks for the reply, was one off the EE fixes last round off updates, so may still have some issue to be sorted out.