Originally Posted by
njkayaker
I think Garmin throttles it so it doesn’t slow down other things you might be doing.
(The idea is to do something else and be patient. It’s not like it’s something you are doing that often.)
That it takes so long is why I recommend using custom maps for trips.
My quick and straight forward experience does not seem to support that theory, I strongly suspect it is the internet speed.
I left doing this job until the last minute and was rushed, so don't recall the file size of both the North American and western Europe Garmin files, but was pleasantly surprised that it didn't take hours (but was ready to leave it and do other trip prep).
Our internet is fast, but not optical cable fast or whatever the fastest stuff is in our area--- but again, I have no recollection of real world download speeds of our internet