Fix for a very slow browser

Hello All,
I hope this helps.
Here's my problem. My browser, when wireless, had slowed down dramatically. Loading pages took forever. I tried it at home and the office and both were slow.
When I plugged it directly into the Ethernet it was blazingly fast. Made me want to cry
I tried many of the things suggested here including clearing cache etc.
Here's what worked for me. Corrupt network config file I guess.
System Preferences
Network
Location tab click to "New Location"
Name it Apple (or anything you like)
Click Apply
See if that works for you. Fixed 2 weeks of frustration for me!

Thanks for posting this Justin. I'm sure it will help others wondering what happened to their browser speed,
Also, consider adding 4.2.2.2 to your Network>Airport>TCP> DNS servers box, selecting "apply". This too may help in the speed department.

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    If you are having similar issues like me you`ll find that https sites will load just fine as will http as long as you tunnel through a VPN (to same uploading end site) - i.e. something like hotspot shield etc for those that don`t use a private VPN for work traffic.
    It is just http port 80 traffic being throttled to within an inch of life in my case....  although it hasn`t happened in the last few days so maybe they do read my tickets and just don`t bother to respond to any of them
    Good luck, and try https on whatever site... if they run a secure socket version you`ll probably find it`ll load normally
    Regards
    Paul

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