Usually I use wget, which is ultimate command line downloader. However, wget failed to accelerate my download speed. I was downloading 1.4GB file around 800KB/s download speed (this box is hooked to uplink port speed 10 Mbps ). However, remote server was restricting me. Therefore, I decided to get rid of wget. I have downloaded axel – a light download accelerator for Linux command line. How Axel w