Do download accelerators really work?

Hello!





I was wondering if download accelerators really deserve to be called so! I have used them all - Download Accelerator Plus, Flashget, Free Download Manager et cetera - and none of them managed to accelerate my download speeds at all! All they could be used for is to schedule downloads and resume them, a facility that is not available in the download managers of all the browsers that I have used and which are, in all other aspects, just as good.





Have I had unusually bad experiences or these softwares are really worthless? What do you think?

Do download accelerators really work?
No Sir what you have experienced is what they really are it is impossible to accelerate your download any faster then your ISP will provide lucky if you have Cable makes money for people who wish to sell then to users.
Reply:If you download at speeds lower than the maximum bandwidth you have, and the site is capable of resuming, a DA will start more than one piece of the file at once, so you'll be filling your bandwidth and downloading faster. If the site isn't capable of resuming, it won't work and you'll still get a single stream. If you're downloading at your full bandwidth already (a good connection to the site), you can't download any faster.





Most sites these days are capable of resuming, and most connections don't run at full bandwidth, so DAs speed up downloads for most people.
Reply:They only work if you have your computer setup incorrectly.
Reply:Dude.. this softeware work really fast and can help you download lots of data in quickly.. but remember to configure it nicely because they bring trojans with them as well..
Reply:Yes, they do work. I have been using Free Download Manager. But remember that whichever download manager yoy use, the download speed will always be limited by the bandwidth of your internet connection.
Reply:Yes they work, but it depends on server you are downloading also. Typically these tools work by downloading a parts file from different sources. They will use partial download feature. If only one server is serving the file, there will be no speed. If there is more than one server, these tools will download the parts from every server, and will combine them later.


Then it also depends on bandwidth also. I mean if server is sending the file at its full bandwidth, you won't see any fastness. IMHO they are useful occasionally.
Reply:Yeah not all of them work well, the only one that i actually thought that worked good, was IDM(Internet Download Manager) it's only a trial though last time i checked.
Reply:yes it's realy works....try IDM.
Reply:It will not work for all. If the bandwidth is good and the download is delayed by any obstacles then it may work well. If you do not have a proper bandwidth to download the file and at the same time you are using downloading accelerators then its foolishness.

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