Why do downloads always go faster at the start?

Question

Why is it that downloads always go really fast at the start then rapidly slow down?

Answer 1

use internet download manager

Answer 2

Why do downloads start FAST, then slow down? (#4648)



Actually, they're not really slowing down. After you click on the download button, the download begins while you're typing in the file name. If you take a while to do that a considerable amount of data will be saved before the download speeds start registering. That's why it seems to be zipping along at first. But, after the buffer has caught up, it will then start showing your true download speed. Speed too, will fluctuate as the servers that you're downloading from get busy, and you'll get speeds going up a little, then down a little.

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