If you use a 'background down-loader' prog - there are lots of them out there - you can download huge files (several Mb) over a period of days, weeks even in the background while doing your normal stuff over Dialup - I do. They are designed to auto recover and pull bits of the file down then reassemble the file - you can even run multiple streams on the one file which will speed up the dnlding as the different streams 'queue & interlace' and fill up the channel. Only a few sites will not allow auto restart.

This does not work for 'Real Audio files' only things like MP3s, (and any file (exe, etc) stored at a URL basically - also works with files fed by links that feed the file in response to any server code on the server. I have mine set for 'auto takeover' of all downloads - it bypasses the standard MS way of doing it.

The Current (free) one I use - but it keeps falling over so I'm still looking, is Free Download Manager - you can throttle the speed and set priorities and number of simultaneous downloads, etc. I can even set a high prority to dnld a small Mudcat Midi quickly and instantly while the big one keeps chugging away in the background too. Only hassle is if I try to push thru too much (set dnlding BW too high) while running Mudchat - Mudchat can drop out due to the delays.

Robin