Downloading Woe's

I recently decided to download Windows 7 Release Candidate to see what the buzz was about. Since the download is only a measly 3 gigabytes, I decided to let it download overnight. The first attempt got to 99% and then failed. Second attempt, ditto. For the third attempt, I tried using FireFox instead of Internet Explorer 8. I got to 97% and it seemed to stall. I then tried downloading the last 3% from IE8. Success! You would think the company that makes IE and Windows could figure out how to make the one be able to download the other. I still haven't gotten around to installing Windows 7. I'm still recovering from post traumatic download disorder.