You can download songs from soundcloud using something like this soundcloud converter Just paste in the URL of the soundcloud song. And you get a mp3 download. When it downloads to your PC, you can play it on your PC at full speed and there will be no stopping and starting. This one is for soundcloud, there are likely other ones for different services. A slow "dialup" internet connection can download an mp3 song in about 3 minutes, and you can be doing other things on the internet while it downloads.
