Speeding apt by multiple connections

[Aryan Ameri <029918@students.emu.edu.tr>]

Hi there:

In this university that I am studying in, I have access to a pretty fast 
internet connection. However when I use a normal download manager like 
a browser's download manager or apt-get, which use a single connection 
to fetch the files, my download rates are pretty slow, at most 5 KBps. 
But I usually use axel, and order it to use 30 to 40 connections to 
fetch a file ( axel -n 30 <path_to_file> ) and with this download 
manager I am usualy able to speed up my downloads up to 100 or 150 
KBps. (Huge difference, you see). So far so good. But I download most 
of my needed programs using apt-get, and I haven't found a way to make 
apt use multiple connections (as in axel). 

Is it possible to make apt use multiple connections? Or does anyone have 
an alternative idea about how I might be able to speed-up my downloads 
from apt-getable sources?

Cheers
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Aryan Ameri