Just giving another suggestion.
You might want to try Flashget
http://www.amazesoft.com/index.htm
It
was quite helpful for me since I used dial-up.
Negative: ad-ware. But it can be removed easily by Spybot and/or Ad-aware.
PS: I said "was" because I used dial-up in my last apartment. But since I am moving in to my friend's house which has broadband and I have not unpacked my computer, I don't know
.
Go broadband!!!