Re: [expert] Download managers !

[Stephen F. Bosch]

Ron Stodden wrote:
> 
> I feel sure the original questioner was referring to the ability of
> the Windows GetRight downloader to divide the file to be downloaded
> into up to 10 (number is user-specified) contiguous equal chunks and
> download them all in parallel, resulting in a single downloaded file,
> but up to 10 times faster download.

10 times faster? Me thinks you are dreaming. Bandwidth is bandwidth, and
there's only so much. Whether you set up 10 simultaneous downloads or do
only one, you are going to get the file in the same period of time.

Get Right just makes sure you don't waste a lot of time if your download
craps out in the middle. It's basically a REST function for http file
transfers =)

FTP is still the way to go.

Stephen