i guess the right forum would be "Internet"
http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com...?s=&forumid=20
as for speeding it up...it's wont be much faster unless you get a faster connection. you can tweak a few things but you wont notice much difference. the alternate browser issue has been a hot topic lately, i will hold my opinions about firefox and other distros of mozilla so i dont have to argue about it........