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Even if your internet is lightning-fast, Google enforces "hidden" limits to prevent server abuse:

For developers using the Google Drive API, the limit is 12,000 requests per 60 seconds per user. Factors That Slow Down Your Speed google drive maximum download speed

While there is no fixed speed cap, there are hard that will stop your downloads regardless of your connection speed. Hard Quotas and Bandwidth Limits Even if your internet is lightning-fast, Google enforces

Individual users are generally capped at 750 GB of data transfers (both uploads and downloads) per 24-hour period. Even if your internet is lightning-fast

If a file is shared publicly and downloaded too many times in a short window, Google may temporarily lock the file with a "Download Quota Exceeded" error.