Web pages very slow to load

I have just bought a Mac (3.1 GHz with 7 GB RAM) and have been very frustrated with the performance of Safari, Chrome and Firefox - specifically how long it takes web pages to load.
Chrome says 'sending request'.
Safari says 'contacting website' or 'loading http ....'
Firefox says 'connecting to website ....'
I am connected to a LAN via an ethernet cable and am connected to the internet via cable modem (BigPond).
My DNS servers are 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220.
I have cleared the history in the web browsers and have rebooted the machine many times.
What am I missing?
(My PC, connected to the same LAN, does not have the same problem.)
Many thanks for any help.

Let's stick with Safari.
Have you "reset Safari" from the Safari menu? You might try that.
Also, in System Preferences > Network > Advanced > DNS, have you entered the DNS server?
What does a speed test like http://www.bandwidthplace.com/
or one of the others show?

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>I have a pretty good but basic understanding of web site
management but
>have
> discovered during testing that some of my sites are
pretty slow to
> respond. I
> understand how to set image densities to 72ppi for
monitor display and
> have
> been pretty consciencous about that, but I'm finding
that certain sites I
> have
> built are still slow in spite of my best efforts.
>
> Obviously there are some techniques I could use a little
education on.
>
> Without getting too exotic, are there some simple,
common practices
> designers
> use to help the load speed of web pages?
>
> I'm using simple html (no dynamics) and are just dealing
with text and
> images.
>
> If you need to see an example, this site's homepage
sometimes can take a
> bit
> to load. I did say "sometimes" so obviously not all the
loading issues
> are
> design related. PLEASE note this is a PG-13 site (no
porn or anything too
> bad;
> just adult humor and comment).
>
>
http://home.comcast.net/~buckanddusty/
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
>
>
>

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