No matter how fast your Internet connection is, it's not fast enough. Whether it's a pokey dial-up or a broadband connection, you always have complaints and you always have a greater need for speed.
This is particularly true when you're downloading files, especially large ones. While there may be no way to physically change your connection speed, you can get the free download accelerator Flashget program (http://www.flashget.com) to speed up your downloads significantly, whether via FTP or HTTP.
It also sets up a multiconnection download, downloading portions of the file from multiple fast servers simultaneously and then reassembling the file when all the pieces are on your PC. This makes the most efficient use of your available bandwidth, because normally there are pauses and hesitations when you download, and if you're downloading with multiple connections there will be fewer of those pauses.
The program also resumes broken downloads; if for some reason your connection is broken, it'll pick up where you left off when you next connect to the Internet. It'll schedule downloads for you as well. For example, you can schedule downloads to take place overnight, when you're away from your computer and also have a Site Explorer which is very good utility for surfing ftp connections because u have noticed in Windows IE hangs sometime on dialup connections but this not.
Flashget is free, but the free version delivers ads inside the program, so its on you if you like it then buy it.
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