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Downloading:

Nov 2, 2007 2:43AM PDT

Does anybody have problems downloading things with a boring "accelerated" dial up connection?? Sometimes anything that isn't an image or text will take a long time to download. That isn't what is annoying. The worst part is when a download stops and says that it is finished, but only had about 500kb of it.

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Widely noted...
Nov 2, 2007 4:05AM PDT

Download Accelerators rarely work. My advice is to avoid them.

Bob

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Thanks For...
Nov 2, 2007 4:58AM PDT

...The Advice about download accelerators. I don't have a download accelerator, the internet service is called accelerated dial-up since I have the premium service. It doesn't seem very accelerated, but I haven't compared it with the standard service.

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If nothing wrong with the machine...
Nov 2, 2007 5:35AM PDT

Try their tech support. As it stands I don't have the download site to check if it's ok.

Bob

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This Website:
Nov 3, 2007 12:53AM PDT

I will contact my internet's technical support. Most of the downloads come from http://www.download.com/ and http://music.download.com/ Lots of them stop downloading at 594 KB. I am also trying to update FlashPeak SlimBrowser and haven't been successful. That file is only 1.8 MB.

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Those...
Nov 3, 2007 1:13AM PDT

Can be twitchy. I'd try the others like http://www.tucows.com/ and see if it's a download.com thing.

Sorry but I can't see what the issue is from here.

Bob

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accelerated dial-up.........
Nov 9, 2007 2:29AM PST

won't accesllerate program, music, video downloads.