 Free Download Accelerator, where do i get them |
|
|
|
|
  |
 Dec 9 2006, 08:13 AM
Post
#1
|
|
|
Member [Level 1]  Group: Members Posts: 61 Joined: 13-February 06 Member No.: 18,596  |
i have been managing my downloads with unlicensed ida internet download accelarator ...
which is about to expire . where can i get a good download accelarator for free??? |
 |
 
|
|
Dec 9 2006, 08:42 AM
Post
#2
|
|
|
Hidden Secrets can't be told threw just words. One must feel what the other feels to truely understand... Group: Members Posts: 1,522 Joined: 8-January 06 From: Sacramento California Member No.: 16,756 |
you can download FireFox at http://firefox.com and then download a certain extension called Download Them All and it accelerates downloads quite nicely.
what it does is it divides the download up into pieces, and downloads these pieces and then downloads those small pieces all at once, then combines them back together and since it was divided into smaller pieces, it goes faster. This post has been edited by Albus Dumbledore: Dec 9 2006, 08:44 AM |
|
|
|
|
Dec 9 2006, 10:18 AM
Post
#3
|
|
|
Mad Scientist of 2006 Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 750 Joined: 27-April 06 From: Washington State in the USA Member No.: 22,661  |
Albus i will most will get that. Is it just on the firefox site, or should i google it? Either way do you know how much it speeds it up? To bad it doesnt speed it up to T3 speed on my DSL. That would be amazing!
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 9 2006, 11:55 AM
Post
#4
|
|
|
Super Member Group: Members Posts: 260 Joined: 17-April 06 From: Adelaide, Australia Member No.: 21,994 |
Na i don't like download them all, i prefer an actuall program like internet download manager. The one i use and recommend is Getright pro. It's at pro.getright.com i believe and it may say it costs but you download the trial and it has all features and doesn't expire just boxes telling you to buy it every now and again. If you don't mind that theo it is an excellent download manager / accelerator.
Getright pro can download your files over 4 times faster, and it has an inbuilt thing where you can browse ftp sites and web pages for files and quickly download any or all at a touch of a button. Also one thing which is great is the ability to upload automatically any files from a folder or folders onto a ftp server which i use regularly. One more thing which is good about this is that it has an inbuilt bittorrent downloader so you can download bittorrent files through it just as easily as you would any normal files which is good he you don't wanna install a bittorrent client and want it all in one. Well thats my favourite download manager / accelerator. You should at least give it a try |
|
|
|
|
Dec 10 2006, 03:15 AM
Post
#5
|
|
|
Newbie [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 9-December 06 Member No.: 34,965 |
I also Like using internet download manager software than Because It is Light and very fast
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 10 2006, 05:46 AM
Post
#6
|
|
|
ZED Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 558 Joined: 21-August 06 From: Ziya's Heart Member No.: 28,693 |
The best free download manager I know is "Fresh download". They are having turbo downloader. You can register for free and will get the key for the software. Also they are continuosly producing the updated versions removing flaws from older versions and introducing new features.
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 10 2006, 10:04 AM
Post
#7
|
|
|
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 138 Joined: 30-September 06 From: Iasi, Romania Member No.: 30,851 |
@crazyteens: what is your downloading speed without the download accelerator, and what is it with it? is it really the 5x *guaranteed* by the producers of such softwares? don`t think so..but anyway, share your results with us
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 10 2006, 02:37 PM
Post
#8
|
|
|
ZED Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 558 Joined: 21-August 06 From: Ziya's Heart Member No.: 28,693 |
QUOTE(hts @ Dec 10 2006, 03:34 PM)  @crazyteens: what is your downloading speed without the download accelerator, and what is it with it? is it really the 5x *guaranteed* by the producers of such softwares? don`t think so..but anyway, share your results with us Download Accelerators doesn't increases the downloading speed by configuring your hardware or your internet line. It uses some techniques to download faster, that is at a constant highest possible speed. How it does? By searching for the mirror sites, which are near your geographical location. By breaking the whole material (which you are downloading) into different sections and simultaneously downloading all the parts. Utilizing all the bandwidth available for downloading when you are browsing less sites(utilizing low band width) Also download managers does one more thing, it gives you freedom to download any thing in more than one session, that is if you don't have time then just pause the download and download rest of the file some time/days later. |
|
|
|
|
Dec 10 2006, 03:58 PM
Post
#9
|
|
|
Super Member Group: Members Posts: 211 Joined: 15-September 06 Member No.: 30,028 |
I use the FireFox plug in "DownloadThemAll", as the main reason I use a download accelerator is so that I can resume downloads if my Internet cuts out. I have tried various download accelerators and I haven't managed to get anything near a 4x faster download. In fact, I don't really notice a difference at all.
|