Making any sort of improvements to your slow broadband speeds without changing your Internet service provider requires careful consideration of the applications you have allowed access the web. Here I’ll show you how to assess your broadband connection speeds and tweak all applications permitted web access.
It is worth beginning will with checking what the current performance rates are for your connection. Try using a service like speedtest.net to get the ping rates, download speeds and upload speeds. This can become valuable later on for comparison to broadband speeds following changes.
Start by getting rid of any browser add-ons you use. These may not be essential and simply use up extra bandwidth while visiting websites.
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The browser itself could also be a problem. Make sure that you have the latest update installed from your browser manufacturer. Tweaking the configuration settings is not the same charged (the though removing or decreasing the amount of multimedia options can help) so try using products like Faster Fox to automate the process. You should also consider trying out different browsers to see how they perform. Each program handles web technologies differently so you may experience performance gains on specific sites (e.g. where flash technology is used).
Major gains in slow broadband speeds can be made by tweaking your firewall permissions. You need to focus on which services and applications are permitted access to the web and block as many as possible. Just be careful that you leave important security or update programs unblocked for safekeeping (e.g. Windows update).
Finally, have you considered that the slow broadband performance may actually be due to a generally slow laptop? Try increasing the amount of virtual memory that you have allocated, defragmenting the hard drive where the OS is installed and clearing out extra space in the disk drive for the page file to expand, all of which will help improve performance generally.
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