Even with all the hype about 56k modems, ISDN and the like, the fact is that most people are still stuck dialing in to the internet with a regular old 28.8 modems. This is one fact that a lot of software companies, etc seem to forget.
Programs keep getting bigger and bigger with no slowdown in sight.
Not exactly a quick download when you add in the problem of congestion and slow servers. However the biggest offender when it comes to huge downloads is with out a doubt game companies. New game demo's routinely come in around 20 MB's. Just in the past few weeks games like Outpost 2, Imperialism, and Pacific General were all bloat city. BulletProof FTP was designed from the ground up to do one thing and one thing only, and that's to make downloading files as quick and simple as possible.