it need not necessarily be a slow download. Checking the blocks takes probably more time these days. This depends on your hardware. Is everything the same system wise if you compare to the system you ran earlier versions on?
Yeah, it's the same system. Hardware shouldn't be an issue as it is just a few years old. Checking blocks isn't the problem, it's purely the syncing process.
Since the version before the 0.11.0 I have to deal with very slow block syncing. Downloading 2 hours worth of blocks can literally take 15 to 20 minutes, which is crazy. Never had this problem before.
Active connections to the Bitcoin network seem to be fine as they are between 8-15 on average.
Same for me. It's really slow.. Not sure if I'll be able to keep using Bitcoin Core wallet for a long time..
Well, for me Bitcoin Core is the only pc wallet I will use because it does was what I want, but lately it's quite annoying having to wait so long to just sync a few hours worth of blocks while it only took 2 or 3 minutes with the previous versions.