One of the problems faced when using the internet in a place like Afghanistan is that it is slow (and therefore downloads take a long while) and it is unreliable (and therefore your download is likely to be interrupted before it finishes). \u00a0This can be quite annoying. \u00a0Particularly because the built in downloading that comes with all web browsers is very simple and not capable of resuming after an interruption, and only capable of downloading linearly (that is, from start to finish).<\/p>\n
This is where download managers with download acceleration capabilities can be useful to you. \u00a0A download manager lets you resume a download after a network interruption – and if it is a download manager worth using it will do this for you automatically so you don’t need to be around while the download happens. \u00a0A download manager with download acceleration capabilities will not just download the file from start to finish but will simultaneously start downloads at various points throughout the file so that for example it can download the file in 6 sections simultaneously and by doing this download it almost 6 times faster than a linear download would have done. \u00a0All of these things improve your chances of getting the file you want and reduce your stress levels \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
There is a catch though. \u00a0The site you are downloading from must support download resumes for a download manager to be able to speed up the download or to be able to resume an interrupted download. \u00a0Most sites do support this these days but \u00a0some secure sites \u00a0will break that functionality with their login process. \u00a0You can always try putting your login details in the download manager’s properties for the download and you might be lucky and find it works, but sometimes nothing will work.<\/p>\n
For Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer:<\/p>\n