About once every six months, I move data from my company's servers to a
local 500 GB drive. I need to download about 80 GB from this out-of-state
server.   The best sustained download rate I am getting is about 425 kbps.
The aggregate rate over the past nine days of 250 kbps with restarts after
disconnects.   At this rate, it will take 30+ days.  My connection is
extreme fast - repeatedly, I am get 4000 - 5000 kbps

1) Are there any client applications that will improve the speed?  I can't
alter the server or VPN in any way.  Moreover, these files don't exist on an
FTP.

2) Do any of these download accelerators help the fundamental transfer
speed?

3) Would a download manager help assist for broken downloads?  The
connections comes down about once ever two days.


Data:
Cisco VPN client
Cable modem for connectivity

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That would be obviously more efficient.  However, much of this information
is sensitive. While my intentions are good, that would be very paranoid
about my activities.


"Simon" <news@bools-removethis-.org> wrote in message
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> Nomad wrote: 
> Hi,
> Not being funny, but for once every 6 months why not send them an external
> usb hard disk, then get the data copied to that and sent back to you ?
> A download manager would help with the broken downloads, as far as
> accelerators are concerned you still have to shift the data, depending
> what that data is and how compressible that is would be the key to whether
> it's good for you or not.
> simon

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