Downloading Huuuuuuuuge Files

Mr Manifesto

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I want to download a 300mb file and I have a crappy connection. My ISP only lets me log on for a maximum of five hours at a time- nowhere near enough time to download the file.

I've heard there's a programme you can download that lets you pick up where you left off if you get disconnected half-way through downloading a file (I'm trying to download the file off Fileplanet). But I've forgotten the name of the programme. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
 
The program I used to use when I was on dial up (thank you, DSL) was called "Get Right"

Here is the home page, it's shareware $25 to buy, but looke like their free release is very mildly crippled (ie it will still function, with only some advanced features disabled)
 
WanderingKnight said:
The program I used to use when I was on dial up (thank you, DSL) was called "Get Right"

Here is the home page, it's shareware $25 to buy, but looke like their free release is very mildly crippled (ie it will still function, with only some advanced features disabled)
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All right! I'll give it a whirl.
 
Turns out that FilePlanet 'does not support resuming'. Will Download Accelerator still work?
 
Bah! FilePlanet is crap. Won't support resuming. So, unless I want to download a 605 byte page telling me where my spot in the queue is 300% FASTER there's no point in using accelerators or resuming programs.

Why this tool who wrote the program couldn't use Kazaa is beyond me.

Oh, as for my modem speed, yeah, it's 56k, but the phone lines (built in 1778) are really only good for 33k- anything beyond that and the connection drops out, slows down like buggery, passwords don't work, signal loss goes through the roof, etc, etc, etc. Welcome to Australian infrastructure.
 
Mr Manifesto said:
Bah! FilePlanet is crap. Won't support resuming. So, unless I want to download a 605 byte page telling me where my spot in the queue is 300% FASTER there's no point in using accelerators or resuming programs.

Why this tool who wrote the program couldn't use Kazaa is beyond me.

Oh, as for my modem speed, yeah, it's 56k, but the phone lines (built in 1778) are really only good for 33k- anything beyond that and the connection drops out, slows down like buggery, passwords don't work, signal loss goes through the roof, etc, etc, etc. Welcome to Australian infrastructure.
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So let's see, that's about 4.12KBps.

300 MB = 300 * 1024 = 307200 KB

307200 / 4.12 = 74563 seconds = 20.7 hours

So I was wrong... if you're lucky, you'll have the file in a week or so.
 
DangerousBeliefs said:


So let's see, that's about 4.12KBps.

300 MB = 300 * 1024 = 307200 KB

307200 / 4.12 = 74563 seconds = 20.7 hours

So I was wrong... if you're lucky, you'll have the file in a week or so.
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That sounds about right.

The problem is, I can't find the file anywhere that supports resuming.

I don't know much about this sort of stuff, but is it possible to get someone with a faster connection to download it, then 'host' it on Kazaa P2P? Mind you, if I knew someone with a faster connection, I'd get them to download it, zip it, and email it to me. But anyway...
 
Mr Manifesto said:


That sounds about right.

The problem is, I can't find the file anywhere that supports resuming.

I don't know much about this sort of stuff, but is it possible to get someone with a faster connection to download it, then 'host' it on Kazaa P2P? Mind you, if I knew someone with a faster connection, I'd get them to download it, zip it, and email it to me. But anyway...
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Have them download it and burn it to CD. I do it for my slow-mo friends all the time.
 
A silly recommendation:

Ever more restaraunts and such have a 'WiFi' connection available. If you have a notebook, get a wireless LAN adapter for it and go out to nurse a coffee for an hour or so and download your file there.

This will generally be a broadband connection.
 
A programme i have used often is called :Streambox VCR and can be downloaded for free at the link. It is designed to "grab" streaming media but it works very fine as a download manager too and YES it supports resuming. It does it automatically unless you tell it not to.;)
 
"Shadows over Soubar" which is an add-on to Baldur's Gate II. Ideally, I'd like to download another add-on called "the Darkest Day", but first things first...
 
Here's another place to get it from.

Look also at this thread

I could probably find more if I search deep inside the Asian labyrinths, but it would take more than a couple of minutes.
 
I use Download Accelerator. Lets you resume and it makes multiple connections so stuff d/l's a bit faster. And it's free as someone has already posted.
Have you checked to see if any of the comps at the library have a CD burner?
If you want PM me and I'll download all those add ons, burn em, and mail a cd to you.
I'm playing BG II too, I'm gonna wait to I beat it before I mess with the add ons.
 
Of course, if you're looking for cheap, there's always wget.

It's a command line utility, so you can batch it up. It supports resuming broken downloads (assuming the site you're downloading from supports resume - not all of them do, and if that's the case for your big file, then tough beans no matter how much you paid for your download software.)
 
Brian said:
I use Download Accelerator. Lets you resume and it makes multiple connections so stuff d/l's a bit faster. And it's free as someone has already posted.
Have you checked to see if any of the comps at the library have a CD burner?
If you want PM me and I'll download all those add ons, burn em, and mail a cd to you.
I'm playing BG II too, I'm gonna wait to I beat it before I mess with the add ons.
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Be careful about Download Accelerator... it has SPYWARE!!!
 
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