Re: Download accelerator

[Emil Pedersen <emilp@update.uu.se>]

sean finney wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 08:44:07PM -0800, nate wrote:
> > Trey Sizemore said:
> > > Looking for a good download accelerator (similar to...Download
> > > Accelerator...).  What are some of the favorites out there.
> >
> > is download accelerator one of those tools that tricks users into
> > thinking their connection is faster?
> 
> no, it actually does make stuff go faster.  it's a pretty nice utility,
> if you find yourself stuck on a win32 box.  it does multiple gets
> in parallel, and it also has support for downloading the same file
> from multiple mirrors as well to help eliminate bottlenecks.

Beware that download accelerators very easily misbehave.  Splitting a
file in 200 pieces and fetching them simultaneously will not make you
very popular among many administrators.

Please note that I'm not saying it's all bad, just that one should be
careful how they are used.

Sincerely,
	Emil