Most download managers suck, pure and simple. Broadband, dial-up, what ever. But this Fresh Download program looks like it might actually be fairly promising! It has maintained a great rating and appears to have all of the features one would expect from a download manager as well.

Fresh Download is a download manager that supports multiple connections, scheduling as well aspausing and resuming of broken downloads. The program is easy to use and can integrate with internet Explorer and Netscape, automatically taking over any download of user specified file types. You can configure the maximum number of connections to use, a default download directory as well as some other aspects. Additional features include a built in scheduler and Antivirus support, which allows you to scan downloaded files, using your current antivirus software.
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