Free software to increase the speed of downloads

6 PC software downloads

Whether or not you're running on a dial-up connection or have access to a 100Mbit DSL or cable line, downloads can never be fast enough. There are a number of different software programs available today which give you faster download speeds by utilizing several techniques. The most used technologies to speed up Internet downloads are multi-threading, downloading from multiple sites and download multiple file parts from the same site.

While the techniques used can have a positive effect on download speeds, the best usually use a combination of the above techniques to increase speeds. Unlike Bit Torrent technology or other file-sharing services, these download managers function with HTTP and FTP connections for downloading files from the web.

  • Internet Download Accelerator 7.1


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    Efficient download manager which can accelerate downloads, pause and resume and generally manage downloading files from http and ftp servers.
    Internet Download Accelerator can increase the speed of downloads and pause and resume downloads.

  • Internet Download Manager 6.42.3


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    Schedule, resume and accelerate downloads by up to 5 times with this accelerator.
    Internet Download Manager can increase the speed of downloads, download multiple file parts at once and pause and resume downloads.

  • DownloadStudio 10.0.4.0


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    Ultra-fast download manager that works with all popular web browsers.
    DownloadStudio is software which can increase the speed of downloads.

  • Download Accelerator Plus 10.0.6.0


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    A popular download manager with tons of features.
    Download Accelerator Plus can increase the speed of downloads, download multiple file parts at once and pause and resume downloads.

  • JDownloader 2.0


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    An open-source download manager.
    JDownloader can increase the speed of downloads, download multiple file parts at once and pause and resume downloads.

  • Star Downloader 1.52


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    An open-source download manager.
    JDownloader can increase the speed of downloads, download multiple file parts at once and pause and...

    Star Downloader can increase the speed of downloads and download multiple file parts at once.