Do Download Accelerators Really Work? - Comments Page 1

My husband has DAP on his computer and swears by it but I find that some of the downloaded files won't print properly, have unreadable pages and so on. Horses for courses I suppose. I'd certainly endorse your "eliminate the extras" from any and every download else you'll end up with a very cluttered browser and increase the possibility of nasty stuff creeping through.

Internet Download Manager most famously known as IDM is a lot better than any other downloader i have used.
It can even grab videos also from 99% websites
but it is not free you have to buy it.

Use the trial version of IDM and other download accelerators and then decide.I am sure you will go for IDM.

download from here www.internetdownloadmanager.com

I've used Free Download Manager and DownThemAll for years, although not as frequently recently. I found the biggest advantage was download resuming--I could pause downloads when I shut down or while someone else needed the bandwidth, and it was invaluable back when I had crappy internet that frequently gave out mid-download...nothing more painful then waiting an hour for a file and watch it all go away when your connection resets for ten seconds. As far as speed goes, I've never noticed anything faster then regular downloads--for those really big files, I look for a torrent anyway. But these types of programs I've grown to like anyway, for the way you can organize your downloads, etc.

Gee, if this doesn't sound like the exact way that 'torrents' work, in that it gets a different portion of the total file from different sources until the complete file has been downloaded. With 'torrent' downloads I have watched the total data download exceeding 2mb/sec.

I have been using FDM(Free Download Manager) pretty much since it first came out.... eons ago:) Its rock solid, and works!

With most PC users these days, having broadband connections, I really don't think that a 'Download Manager' is necessary, at all.

Now, in the days of Dial-Up connections, 'Download Managers' did make a difference. I remember trying to download IE 4 or 5 from Micorsoft, when I had Dial-up and it literally took HOURS, to download. Heaven help you, if, you lost your Dial-Up connection, while downloading, too!!!

Losing your Dial-Up connection was the main reason for using a Download Manager. It was a real lifesaver, in those days. Today, I wouldn't even consider using a Download Manager. I get plenty of speed with my DSL connection. What took HOURS, now takes minutes.

That's my take on the subject. }:O)

I used to swear by Star Downloader back when I had a very slow connection, but now that my ISP is providing around 15 Mb/s an extra downloader is not really necessary.

I've used DAP before, pretty to watch the download but it's not any faster than not using it.

Dear Bob,
I use DAP for some time.But every file is not downloaded by it. Should I adjust settings so that every download will be through DAP? Also, DAP claims "download security". Is it reliable?

I have used both DAP and Free Download Manager. Both work very well for me but the latter uses less memory. Whether they improve the download speed much is one thing but they come in handy for the purpose of downloading more than one file. You can select several files and the programs will take care of downloading them simultaneously or in sequence. I wouldn't be without them.

I too use Internet download Manager and agree it is the best compared to all the others I have used over the years.

It would appear that, from your point of view, the download manager "Nitro", provided by PC Pitstop, is probably not that big of a deal either!?

I have tried DAP and others. I totally agree that with broadband, it doesn't matter for speed. But you get some conveniences. Moreover, Speedbit keep dishing out newer versions that are fake upgrades. Ever since v5.0, their DAP has bugs and if it works, "it's not their fault", you're just lucky.

FlashGet: opens multiple streams. Has ability to limit bandwidth so some can be "reserved" for other activities.

I am from Nepal. The adsl connection I have from Nepal Telecom gives me a download bandwidth of 384 kbps (48 KBps). However, when I download files with DAP, it downloads generally with 106 KBps, more than double that my ISP provides me. I have downloaded Windows 8 RP 3.27 GB in about 10 hours (One night from 10 PM to 8 AM) which is almost impossible with regular download of 40 KBps. How is it possible? I am not manipulating, its genuine question.