How Can I Deal With a Slow Internet Connection?  Dear
Lifehacker, I'm going home for the holidays, and my parents have
a very slow connection. Do you have any tips for getting my work
done effectively when everything's moving slower than molasses?
Cumbersome Connection  Separate Your Internet-Heavy Work and
Postpone It  Before you start making tweaks to your browser and
computer, it's a good idea to take stock of what work you have
and separate it into two categories. GigaOM explains:  Divide
your tasks into bandwidth-heavy and bandwidth-light. Evaluate
your routine web tasks and see which ones you can do with a slow
connection, and which ones require a faster, more reliable one.
This is especially important if your mobile Internet provider
charges based on bandwidth usage instead of time. Aliza Sherman
did something similar in a previous post, to help her work
around bandwidth limits.  This is particularly useful if you
know you're going to be stuck on a slow connection, but even if
you get yourself in a bi