By Prasanth Kumar
Patience is probably your only pal if you are using the internet on the go. With data cards falling to speeds under 10 kbps, there may be times when it takes all your self control to stop from chucking that laptop out of the window. Here are some tips for those suffering form this bandwidth withdrawal syndrome on the go:
First, get a browser that will help you save bandwidth. Mozilla Firefox, for instance, is works on compression techniques that will load web pages much faster. Second, advertisements, especially Flash-based ones, are a major bandwidth hog. Kill these and you will end up saving a considerable amount of bandwidth. For this, Firefox comes with a couple of good addons such as Adblocker and Flashblocker. Also tweak your Explorer's setting to disable images when not required and you will see the pages loading much quicker. For this you could use another Firefox extension called Imglikeopera Extension. This will load images from cache-this saves images on your PC, so they don't require to be summoned from the respective websites-thus saving bandwidth.
While on the topic of images, while sending pictures, make sure you are not transferring high-resolution ones. Use a photo editor program like Microsoft Image Resizer to shrink pictures before you send them via email or upload them on a website. Streaming sites such as YouTube or Metacafe are other bandwidth killers, so if you are on the go don't touch these. Similarly, avoid streaming music sites that offer radio, since these add considerable strain to your browsing on the go.
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