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:

<code>
sudo apt-get install axel
</code>

Download a file like this:
<code>
axel http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/10.04/ubuntu-10.04-beta2-desktop-i386.iso -a
</code>

The result would be something like this:

{{:howtos:axel.png|}}