Slow OneDrive uploadspeed!

Regarding your question about institutions like universities having better upload speeds or being prioritized: It's possible that large organizations have more robust network infrastructures and may receive some level of priority in terms of service from their internet providers. However, this can vary greatly depending on the specific arrangements and services they have in place.

Keep in mind that copying files directly from one OneDrive account to another (cloud-to-cloud) can also be an option, but it might still be subject to similar speed limitations.

Based on what you confirmed and ruled out, here are some additional things they could try:

Possible Reasons for Slow OneDrive Uploads & Solutions:

1. OneDrive’s Backend Prioritization

• Yes, institutions like universities may have prioritized bandwidth or use enterprise servers that handle uploads differently. Personal OneDrive accounts might not get the same speed.

2. Microsoft’s Upload Throttling (Even if ‘Don’t Limit’ is Set)

• OneDrive can still throttle uploads at peak hours.
• Solution: Try uploading during off-peak hours (late night or early morning).

3. Packet Loss or Network Congestion

• Even with 50 Mbps upload, congestion can affect sustained speeds.
• Solution proposal: Run a ping test (ping -n 50 onedrive.live.com) and a packet loss test (pathping onedrive.live.com in Command Prompt).

4. Try Using OneDrive’s Web Upload

• Sometimes, the web version (drag-and-drop files into OneDrive.com) is faster than the desktop client.

5. Use a Different Connection

• If possible, test another network (e.g., mobile hotspot or VPN) to see if ISP throttling is the issue.

6. Use PowerShell for Direct Transfer

• Instead of syncing files through the app, a script can upload them in parallel, potentially speeding things up.

 7. Reset OneDrive: Resetting OneDrive can sometimes solve sync issues.

• To do this: Press Win + R to open the Run dialog.
• Type onedrive /reset and press Enter.
• Restart OneDrive from the start menu or by running onedrive.exe.

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Hey BR,

I have 1Gb fiber to my house. I use wifi from my hub to my laptop. I see 433Mbits xmit/rcv but that is due to my older laptop's wifi card.  My ISP provides 1Gbit bidirectionally. 

Just a thought on use of "B" vs. "b". The standing convention is B = Byte = one character | b = bit, 8 bits = one character. (7 bits define an ASCII character + 1 bit for parity).

Looking at a file in Windows File Explorer, it is represented in Bytes. Network transmissions are serial, one bit at a time. So a file that is 1GB on disk, 8Gb is transmitted (or received) to convey the file. There is also network overhead (TCP etc.) that must be considered in the complete bit count transferred. 

So a 100GByte on-disk file = 800Gbits transferred in 24hs (86400sec) = 93Kbits/second.
Now that isn't a good xfer rate.

That all said, 300Mbits/second is a decent xfer rate.

/psr