Answers: No Firefox with will not make your downloads go faster download are based on bandwidth not software. So the package you pay for from your ISP determines how fast you can download something.
It will be a better browser and faster all around for you but if you want faster loads and downloads you will need a faster nic card. In geek that's Network Interface Card. But if you have Dial Up - your on the slowest possible connection, DSL - your getting faster but it depends on how far you are from the phone switch, Cable modem - You got high speed. Beyond that it's either T1 or Verizon's FIOS. So whichever type of service you have is what it truly depends on and after that it's the hardware.
your browser is the window to the internet.
Firefox may have a better download manager than IE but you're right about your connection speed.
Try this site to see how fast your upload and download speeds could be:
http://www.speedtest.net/
No. Download speed depends on your internet and modem. So getting Firefox won't actually make a difference. However, Firefox does seem to load pages faster.
No, browsers don't really affect download speed but Firefox does have cool download plugins.
yes
see
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/835606/e...