In the beginning, the Web was fast sufficient for most. Checking e-mail and reading a Web site didn’t require scads of bandwidth. Any broadband connection was more than adequate for anyone other than capability users.

But a funny thing happened in the past few years: Many humans became capability users. humans started buying albums from iTunes, they started downloading episodes of “Mad Men,” they watched endless videos on YouTube. All that added activity calls for a faster Net.

Until that day comes, there are things that a user can do to produce certain their connection is as fast as possible.

The starting point for any broadband connection is an World Wide Web service provider, or ISP. Consumer broadband is split within two competing technologies: digital subscriber line, or DSL, and cable.

Depending on how many providers service your area, you may have a choice. Generally speaking, cable is faster. But cable speeds can be affected by how many

citizens are online and even by how close your connection is to your local broadband source, or “hub.”

Even within cable and DSL, there are options. Most service providers offer more than one tier of Net access. Pay a higher monthly fee and you’ll get faster maximum download and upload speeds. But there is a catch: What is advertised as a maximum may rarely be reached.

Many ISPs do not configure their services to the maximum speed considering they’re configuring them for shared networks. Yet raising your maximum download threshold from 768 kilobits per second to 10 megabits per second should have an overall positive effect on your browsing and downloading.

The second link in an World Wide Web connection is your computer itself. Today’s Web sites demand more from your PC than they did even two years ago, so some upgrades may be in order. The singled-out most effective thing you can…

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