You can increase the speed of browser by changing the maximum connections to a server and maximum connections. The values may vary according to your machine, so just try and find out what is perfect for you.
How to increase speed of Internet Explorer
1. Start => Run
2. Type regedit Press OK
3. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
4. Right click on right pane =>New > DWORD value
5. Change the name to MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server
6. Double click to open
7. Choose Decimal and select a value 64 (can try with different values) press OK
8. Do the same and create MaxConnectionsPerServer with value 32 (can try with different values)
9. Exit the registry editor
10. Reboot the machine.
Try to find optimal values. Slow speed net users are advised to use small numbers.
How to increase speed of Opera (Old version)
1. Tools
2. Preferences
3. select Advanced Tab
4. Choose Network
5. Change Max connections to a server to 32 (can try with different values)
6. Change Max total connections to 64 (can try with different values)
Try to find optimal values. Slow speed net users are advised to use small numbers.
How to increase speed of Firefox
1. Type about:config - it will show an alert if you are using latest version of Firefox, go ahead
2. In the filter type network.http
3. Modify the following values:
network.http.max-connections to 64 (can try with different values)
network.http.max-connections-per-server to 32 (can try with different values)
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy to 16 (can try with different values)
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server to 8 (can try with different values)
Try to find optimal values. Slow speed net users are advised to use small numbers.
Making the changes may affect your PC or browser badly, do it at your own risk.