Pausing Download
 

Hey guys,
I was just wondering whether pausing downloads (ie if i have about 5-10 different files downloading at one time and wish to puase 4-9 of them) actually makes other downloading files download faster with the extra bandwidth? It's just i'm gettins some really slow downloads and want to know if this will help
cheers

Salut, it will only help if the combined download bandwidths saturate your downstream capacities. It is unlikely with slow downloads, that it will speed up, because you are probably not saturating your bandwidth. But you can try it, it won't hurt ;)

Ciao

I find it helps to pause some, particularly if one is grabbing the bulk of the bandwidth. I feel more confident to do this if it has multiple sources & also if it's a large file that's going to take a while to complete so the smaller ones can finish 1st. But as et voilà said, it depends on the particular files & sources. Sometimes the source is just slow.