Problem downloading large files via Safari

When downloading large video files (for example, from FilesAnywhere.com), my download stars off OK and then slowly gets slower and slower... and slower and then seems to grind to a halt. I'm currently attempting to download a 165MB file which has taken all day so far, and the time remaining just gets longer and longer. It now stands at another 18 hours, but by the morning it will most likley tell me there's a week left.
Does anybody know what is causing this? I can download via FTP with no problem very fast -it's just via Safari that seems to be the problem. I'm on a home broadband account.
I've encountered this problem before and I just had to give up on the download.

Good to see the problem was solved from the suggestion provided. Glad to have helped.
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