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Firefox download speed is way slower than chrome

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Why is the download speed of Firefox so much slower than Chrome?

Why is the download speed of Firefox so much slower than Chrome?
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Go to the Mozilla Add-ons Web Page {web Link} (There’s a lot of good stuff here) and search for a download manager.


This download manager works separately from the browser. The browser tells it what to download, and off it goes.

http://www.freedownloadmanager.org It is a powerful modern download accelerator and organizer for Windows and Mac.