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Slow downloads from PSN are a popular topic these days. My service is through Comcast, I think 12 Mbps as my desktop computer can pull about 1.4 MBps. The PS3, with default connection settings (no proxy) only manages *maybe* 100 KBps when downloading from the store. Not acceptable. Wired or wireless made no difference. I hav NAT2 status and uPnP turned on and confirmed working on my Linksys WRT54G with DD-WRT firmware. Running speed tests through the PS3 browser was just as slow.



Then I decided to setup a local proxy (Privoxy) on my desktop and run the PS3 through that. Speeds went to around 5Mbps! I figure Comcast is throttling (to death) PS3 traffic. Can someone else that has super slow speeds (<1 Mbps) on Comcast try this? The only disadvantage is if the computer is shutoff then the PS3 losses its connection.


Edit: this seems to help some people, but not all. The more detailed instructions below are copied here:
Assuming the computer is running Windows and your PS3 is on the same local area network as the computer:

Find your computer's IP address in the Control Panel -> Network Connections. This is probably something like 192.168.1.100. If it does not start with 192.168 then you might have a public IP and this won't work (at least not easily).
Download Privoxy from their website: http://www.privoxy.org/
Run the Privoxy installer. When it is done the Privoxy window should appear.
Go to the Options menu and select 'Edit Main Configuration'
Find the line that says "listen-address 127.0.0.1:8118". Should be about halfway through the file.
Replace 127.0.0.1 with the computer's IP address (should start with 192.168). The :8118 part should stay.
Save and close the configuration.
If you have a firewall on your computer you need to allow access to Privoxy on port 8118.
On the PS3 open the network configuration settings. When it asks if you want to use a proxy say yes and enter your computer's IP address and port 8118.
Make sure the conenction test works and we're done! See if your speeds are faster and let us know the results.

It should work on wireless too, although if your PC is also on wireless it might create too much wireless traffic to see any improvement. In that situation the data would be sent 3 times over wireless: 1) From the Internet/router to the proxy/PC, 2) from the proxy to the router, and 3) from the router to the PS3.

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