Tonec announced Internet download Manager 6, an upgrade for the popular download accelerator/ manager for Windows. IDM is a very small, but powerful application that includes every option that we expect in a download manager. It can split large files into pieces and join them at the end of download. This method allows multiple connection to the server and let users download file in a faster way. Internet download manager 6 provides up-to five time faster downloads when compared with the normal browser based options. IDM 6 fixes compatibility issues with many browsers and upgrades the way it grabs FLV videos from YouTube, MetaCafe, DaliyMotion, Hulu and other services. (more…)

Earlier, we shared tips on how to improve the internet browsing to speed up on two popular web browsers, Internet explorer 8 and Firefox 3. That was few browser oriented tips and tweaks that generally improve the web page loading time. There are many other systems oriented factors that could affect the total download and upload speed in Windows based machines. One out of them is the system bandwidth share, and the data volume used by individual applications. Furthermore, there are some internal system settings that should be tuned according to the internet connection plan. So here we have collected few software and tips to improve browsing and download speed on Windows XP,Vista and Windows 7 powered computers.

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As we all know, Dial-up internet really sucks when it comes to speed. But comparatively low charges makes many users to stick on to their Dial-up plans. Another option there is to  make some changes in hidden operating system settings related to internet, and bring maximum speed from existing Dial-up plan. These settings can be done manually or by using software. Onspeed is such a software that can speed up normal dial up internet to 20-30% and broadband to about 10%. Onspeed is a shareware but here you can download onspeed full version through a promotional offer.

Onspeed is trusted software provider who are having more than half million customers. Their technology CSC (Content Sensitive Compression ) compresses web pages and emails, before they are sent to users browser. It is somewhat similar to the technology used in Opera mobile browser. They compress almost all static and dynamic websites with graphics and images. Unfortunately this technology doesn’t work with streaming videos and SSL secured websites. Here Onspeed uses their compression servers to speed up dial-up and broadband connection of licensees. So you have to license Onspeed with  about £25/ year.

Thanks to Tata communication service YuvaYantra. Now they are offering full version of Onspeed 6 for free. And this offer is available only for Indian customers. Others may also access this offer by using  Indian proxies or VPN.You can also check their previous free Kaspersky Antivirus offer.

Download Onspeed 6 full version here.

(It seems that Tata closed YuvaYantra site and its operations. So download link is no more available.)