Firefox is the best, and you can speed and tweak it even more, this works for dial up and broadband both. But when I get in the Mood for IE, I use the Alternative - Advanced Browser. It is FAST. Get it at 
But Let's Make Firefox Fly:::::: 
1.Type "about
:config" into the address bar without the quotes and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries: 
network.http.pipelining 
network.http.proxy.pipelining  
2. Alter the entries as follows: 
Set network.http.pipelining to true 
Set network.http.proxy.pipelining to true 
3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it nglayout.initialpaint.delay and set its value to 0. This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives. 
Enjoy, Devildog