I've recently fell into a rut while using the modpack. I keep getting slower and slower download speeds, and it's getting on my nerves. My methods to fix this so far have been to:
Use command prompt as admin and use the commands ipconfig /release, ipconfig /flushdns, ipconfig /registerdns, and ipconfig /renew. These commands over the years have helped many of times. They work by first removing current local IPv4 off your network adapter, then it removes all the information stored in the cache for DNS targets, afterwards the two last commands register a new dns route and give you a new local IPv4.
I also tried using a VPN (tunnelbear) to reroute my traffic and maybe reduce "hops", but it only went from 88kb/s to 160'ish kb/s.
If anyone has had this issue and knows of a decent work around I'd appreciate any help. I doubt geographic location would hinder my DL speed? But, I live on the West Coast. I will also give screenshots of my network speed from Speedtest.net and from google. Thank you for reading, and hopefully through some tinkering I can maybe make the download happen faster.
P.S - Current ISP is Comcast. So, I guess it's possible i'm being throttled? Also, is the modpack when DL'ing using Peer-Peer or is it coming from a Data Base/storage hub (like Drop Box or Google Docs)?