Try changing the user agent.

[Solved] Guide: How to modify JDownloader’s user-agent string

I never thought to check my speed when I had a 56k modem. Interesting.

You are probably correct that I never got full speed.

Yeah, downloading on 56k was not fun. My average per song was 1 hour, which I thought was decent considering it was free. My house got an additional line just for internet.

We eventually got a coax modem, I was at high school at the time when we went high speed too. I felt like I was in the future. Lol.

What I missed was losing access to AOL sites though but now that I look back, those were kinda trash.

If you don’t mind me asking, were you on dial up, DSL, or coax?