I remember this back then with a well-known Downloader, which I cannot recall its name right now, but if my memory serves me well the program was using a cachin

I remember this back then with a well-known Downloader, which I cannot recall its name right now, but if my memory serves me well the program was using a caching mechanism and some times would download faster than my 56k dialup. It blew my mind every single time. This kind of behavior of caching can be seen in programs like mpv [1]; with streaming works wonders. [1] https://mpv.io/manual/stable/#profiles https://mpv.io/manual/stable/#profiles