If you have a low connection via dial up, why dont you try Opera ?

Its a very fast browser (faster then any version of Internet Explorer or Netscape),
it has it own integradet download manager and it doesnt spy you.

It really helps me to spare a lot of online-time while waiting for sites finishing loading.

The only problem is that is have a little ad-screen, but you can remove this if you
pay some money to the programers, I dont know how much it is, I just paid, because
I love this browser ;-)