axel is a very fine downloader that does the job just fine. It handles resume and it uses multiple concurrent connections to speed up the download. Install it like this: sudo apt-get install axel Download a file like this: axel http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/10.04/ubuntu-10.04-beta2-desktop-i386.iso -a The result would be something like this: {{:indexes:axel.png|}}