What some good download accelerators?

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22 Jul 2008 at 20:41 - 1
What are some good download accelerators?I did have GetRight on my system an oder version to download big mods.I uninstalled it and don't really want to use GetRight agian .What are some good ones out there to speed up your downloads?

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22 Jul 2008 at 20:44 - 2
Use DownThemAll, a Firefox add-on. It works like a charm.

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23 Jul 2008 at 07:13 - 3
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarun
Use DownThemAll, a Firefox add-on. It works like a charm.
Its been one of my favorite firefox things of all time. Best addon ever.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/201

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23 Jul 2008 at 13:17 - 4
I used Go!Zilla, it works best with FTP sites. It also can "remember" your download, if it drops part way through. If it is a http site download them all.

Firefox again FTW.

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23 Jul 2008 at 21:43 - 5
Add my vote for DownThemAll! - think that's unanimous

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24 Jul 2008 at 01:02 - 6
What about some of these if for that don't use FF although I haven't installed mine yet but these can be faster?




http://dnl.crawlertools.com/install/...Ycag odjFmvlg

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24 Jul 2008 at 01:15 - 7
You SHOULD use Firefox, any other option isn't worth it.

I don't understand though...DownThemAll can't increase your download speed by their claimed '400%'. Your connection is limited, and really, if you aren't downloading at max speed, it's because the server you're downloading from is slow.

Outrageous claims.

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24 Jul 2008 at 01:53 - 8
Agreed, use Firefox or Opera. Especially if you get infected with malware.

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24 Jul 2008 at 02:02 - 9
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarun
Use DownThemAll, a Firefox add-on. It works like a charm.
agreed, amazing add-on

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24 Jul 2008 at 22:54 - 10
I know the FF has a good DLer but I do download 500 to 600 mb worth of mods at times.I heard DAP is a good one.

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25 Jul 2008 at 00:23 - 11
DAP is known adware.

I've downloaded ISOs from Microsoft that are 4GB+ and DTA! handles them just fine.

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25 Jul 2008 at 04:10 - 12
Quote:
Originally Posted by fenix
You SHOULD use Firefox, any other option isn't worth it.

I don't understand though...DownThemAll can't increase your download speed by their claimed '400%'. Your connection is limited, and really, if you aren't downloading at max speed, it's because the server you're downloading from is slow.

Outrageous claims.
From the way i understand it, download accelerators such as DTA make the uploading server think you are more then one user downloading. Assuming you have a 1meg DL, and they have a 250k UL, then you can only DL at 250k. DTA makes the uploader think you are 4 separate users, and therefore you are essentially downloading at 4x250.
In practice, it is rarely above a normal speed, but I have seen a 3x increase from some sites.

Its pause/resume works really well too