Madeline, richie is right, that speed is never the true connection.

I have 1mb broadband, says connected at 1.1mbps but my connection is most likely at best around 900kbps but browsing is quick and most downloads hit 115kb/secs so i am not going to complain.

''FireFox is inherently more secure than IE. However, more secure is not equivalent to perfect. You have to understand that any code, no matter how secure, will contain bugs that need to be fixed. The fact that FireFox takes days to fix the problem (compared to weeks or months for IE) makes a huge difference when it comes to ongoing quality of security.''