Let’s say that you have full signal strength on your mobile broadband or tried the antenna and beer can tricks with success, right? But even though you have full signal strength, I guess we can agree upon the fact that using mobile broadband puts you back several years in comparison to cable based internet connections, right?

Well, I have a little advice to give on enhancing your mobile broadband experience while using the world wide web. Although it doesn’t directly have anything to do with the mobile broadband hardware or network, I think any trick is valid given the network speed we have at the moment.

The trick is simple (and maybe even old news to some, but still): consider changing your browser. 

Why this? Because popular web applications such as Facebook, Google Docs and Google Mail are using the so-called Javascript a lot, you’d want a web browser that can execute Javascript very quickly. 

Sorry, it maybe got a little technical with the Javascript. But here’s why considering this is important: If you’re using for example Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7.0 or less  (and many of you are), you’re using a browser that is quite slow in interpreting the web pages and their Javascript. Internet Explorer 7.0 may normally survive on the mercy of our fast broadband connections at home or at work. But that’s not good enough when using mobile broadband. So in case you’re using Internet Explorer, you might want to consider installing a faster alternative.

The alternative I personally use is Google Chrome brower (some also favor the Firefox browser). The Google Chrome browser has a killer Javascript engine and really adds a lot to the internet experience. Yes, it’s a bit like playing a trick on yourself, because the Google Chrome browser won’t make the data travel faster to your computer. But it’ll give you a sensation of higher speed because the browser you’re using is optimized to give you a fast experience. Why not try it?

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