I have a 2 gigabit internet connection from Comcast, and overall it’s been great. I know that much of the internet's infrastructure isn’t really optimized for speeds above 1 gigabit yet, but I still frequently see download speeds exceeding that when running speed tests or pulling files from other websites so the internet connection itself isn't a concern.
Right now, I’m graduating, and my school is planning to delete everything in our Google accounts. So I’m using Google Takeout to back up my data. Fortunately, I only have about 400 GB to download, so speed isn’t a huge concern. That said, I’ve noticed that each ZIP file download from Takeout seems to max out around 900 Mbps.
For those of you with more data to back up, do you also experience this apparent throttling? Is there something I might be doing wrong, or is this just a built-in limitation...maybe some kind of QoS (Quality of Service) cap applied to individual Google users?