Download accellerator manager

Standard phone connection. Some DSL connections are very slow.I do a lot of beta testing with a 6 meg download cable connection, but I still get slow speed from some of the VERY large SW companies. True there may be several 1,000 people downloading at the same time, but most of the time I get only about 200-300 KB/s. One of the downloads I am currently testing is over 2Gig in size so it does take a long time.DaveA I am so far behind, I think I am FirstGenealogy....confusing the dead and annoying the living WSrobieAskWoody Lounger Yup it is a 1Mb DSL connection. It starts off with about 100-110 kb/s but almost straightaway ends up around 69/70 mark using download accellerator. Our servers are meant to be quite fast. I am downloading the large file from the work servers. I will try other download managers and compare the speed.RegardsRobie DaveAAskWoody_MVP Go to Speed tests at DSLreports.com and run several of tests from different locations. This will require that you have “Sun Java Engine” installed. This will tell you if you are getting the most out of your connection. When you lose download speed as you stated, it appears to me that the sending end has slowed down.Also, note, I do not use any download manager, unless the SW company provides it. I have tried several of these mangers and have NOT seen any improvement in the speeds.DaveA I am so far behind, I think I am FirstGenealogy....confusing the dead and annoying the living WSDon_SadlerAskWoody Lounger So what is a download manager and how does it differ from simply downloading through a browser? I have D/L hundreds of things from documents to music to applications – always just clicked on D/L and it worked. What was I missing? WSHansVAskWoody Lounger See the Wikipedia entry for Download manager.(As far as I know, download managers were useful in the era of dial-up connections, since downloads often took a long time and it was far from improbable that the connection would be interrupted during the download. For broadband/cable, the advantages – if any – are much less clear.) ibe98765AskWoody Plus The two main advantages are that you can stack downloads together to complete at some later time and the ability to resume interrupted downloads. Downloads may get interrupted on your side due to your machine or your ISP or on the source side due to overloaded or poorly managed servers.I have an older copy of Getright which I’ll use when I download something big or if the download keeps flaking out. But these days, most large downloads are available as torrents and I’ll download that way if available. WSbigaldocAskWoody Lounger I also don’t use any download “helper” programs for the reason Hans mentioned. I can’t remember the last time I had a download interrupted or broken, what with broadband nowadays. Also, there are some download manager programs that have been known to cause system conflicts, so I’ve just stayed completely away from them

This topic has 12 replies, 9 voices, and was last updated 18 years, 8 months ago. July 5, 2006 at 10:00 am #433347 Hi,I am currently using Download Accellerator as my download manager. It is good for managing but seems to be slow. Can someone recommend a FREE download manager which is fast / faster than Download Accelarator? From time to time, I have to download a large file (200/300 mb). BTW: I am a broadband user. I have tried downloading at different times of the day/night to see if it makes any difference to the speed but not much luck.Thanks in advance.Robie WSAlanMillerAskWoody Lounger July 5, 2006 at 12:37 pm #1019185 I’ve used DLExpert and more rcently Free Download Manager (FDM). Both have been good in terms of speed, supporting multithreaded file transfers. The former is a bit clunky/ obscure and the latter has (too?) many features IMO.There are lots of factors that might contribute to slow downloads though. It might be the server itself, if the large file always comes from the same source, or maybe the protocol. In my experience, if the download is of the ftp:// variety, browsers and associated http:// downloaders are noticably slower than a dedicated FTP client like FileZilla, LeechFTP or SmartFTP. I guess all you can do is try ’em and stack ’em up against each other. All the ones I’ve listed are ware BTW.Alan WSHoward KaikowAskWoody Lounger July 15, 2006 at 7:30 am #1020420 I never used a download manager until the past few daze.I have tried both FDM and FlashGet ( with FlashGet, I installed the firefox extension FlashGot ( not used either download manage renough to determine which is better.FDM has its own forum, but I’ve not yet received a response to a question I posted 2 daze ago. WSGfamilyAskWoody Lounger July 17, 2006 at 8:38 pm #1020718 I have recently started using FlashGetThere are two ‘s that I’m aware of, and one that I’m very happy with. First , I have read that earlier versions of FlashGet were flagged as spyware alerts – though the current versions are ‘clean’. Despite this, some scanners will pick up the latest version and mark it as suspect. Second , is that when a file is downloaded it keeps the original file date – rather than picking up today’s date when downloaded. I prefer the latter as it means that recently downloaded files will consistently appear at the top of a list ordered by ‘modified date’. The main of FlashGet for me is that it can download streaming real media files from rtsp:// servers. Very useful. WSHoward KaikowAskWoody Lounger July 17, 2006 at 8:50 pm #1020720 FlashGet has an option:[indent]Get file date and time from serverKeep the local files up to date with the ones on the server.[/indent] DaveAAskWoody_MVP Remember that the download speed is controlled by the slowest connection of the 2 machines. What kind of connection is on the other end since you have “Broadband”?Broadband is anything other than a

You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. So I finally got my got my OBD bluetooth adapter in the mail.This adapter works well (it's from the Dr. Prius recommended adapters page): paid for Dr. Prius basic edition ($13) and did a Life Expectancy test for my and my parent's Gen 3 Prii.The results were:2013 with 49k miles - 70.88 %2011 with 86k miles - 68.85 %By the way, Dr Prius recommends force charging the battery by holding the brake and accellerator down together for a minute. It basically won't start the test until the battery is greater than 70% SOC. However it's actually much easier to force charge the battery by coasting down a long hill. I drove up to the top of a nearby hill that's probably 200 - 300 m in elevation. Just by regen braking down it the battery quickly charged from 60 to 80%.However I don't really know how to interpret this life expectancy test. My battery is basically 10 years old since date of manufacture. Dr. Prius is telling me I have used up half of the capacity (since replacement is necessary if you test Bottom line, it is just an estimate and degradation is not linear and can't be predicted accurately. The battery can fail before testing at 40% or after. So, you have to be lucky but giving your vehicles regular "exercise" helps keep the battery healthy. I would say that around 70% is typical for 2011-13 Prius. My 2010 tested at around 60% with 105k miles and was running well when I traded it earlier this year. Joined: May 29, 2018 6,884 3,626 0 Location: Florida Vehicle: 2010 Prius Model: Two Time for the Prolong treatment. Yeah it does sound like it was an accurate number based on your test and a few other forum posts I've read.My Prius did a lot of it's miles in the high Rockies. So it probably has been forced charged to quite a high level based on what I