How To Increase Download Speed In Linux / Windows

1. Choose the Best Internet plan

Actually, This is the basic Idea and can’t be really termed as tip. Whenever you chose your ISP, Remember to choose the one providing the best speed.
Also Keep in mind that there are some companies which even term hi-speed internet but sometimes provides you with slow and sluggish internet. So Make sure you buy it from a reliable company.
If you have doubt if a company is relaible or not, You can check it by googling with the keyword like

Company-name Internet slow
Company-name Internet scam
Is company-Name reliable

For example, If you are choosing verizon you can check with terms like this

Is verizon reliable
Verizon Internet scam
Verizon internet speed

Make sure that you have the best choice !

2.Keep Your PC clean

Clean your PC often and maintain it free from Trojan, Virus etc. Trojans, Virus and other malwares can slow down your computer and also the Internet. Use any good Anti-Virus and scan your computer regularly.
Most of the Free Anti-viruses fails to recognize newer Trojans and malwares. We recommend using any better and paid Anti-Virus for this purpose, Don’t worry spending some dollars for it. It really matters !Try to use CCLEANER 

3. Update your Computer

Even if you have a 16 Mbps connection, you can’t enjoy it’s benefits if you have an old PC with LAN drivers that only supports upto 2 Mbps speed. It’s an important fact that you need to upgrade your hardwares too in accordance to use and enjoy the benefits of hi-speed internet connections.
Consider upgrading your hardwares now Itself !

4. Browse the Browsers

There are a lot of Browsers available now ! Eventhough to a small extend, The browsers also matters in the internet speed.
Try using a simple yet effective browser. Forget using your old and default Internet explorer which is too slow, Try Firefox or chrome !
Also try to remove or disable the useless addons and extensions. They slows your browsing experience many a Times
Recommended Browsers ;-

• Opera
• Mozilla Firefox
• Chrome ( Lightest and best ! )

5.Look out for Bandwidth Eaters

There are a lot of websites that simply consume lion share of your Bandwidth and are of no use. Why do you want to let the software that you never use to update every time ! Have you ever found that your PC is automatically updating every week ??
Try disabling automatic updates and set them to manual updates under definite Intervals.
Disable start-up programs and the programs that automatically connects to the net, They may be the silent hunters of your Bandwidth !

6.Protect Your network

Protect your network from hackers they must not try to hack your internet and use if so you will get very less amount of speed.
Also Disable sharing of your internet via LAN or hubs, They too can eat up your speed !

7.Use Download accelerators and Internet speed Optimizers

You Can easily increase the browsing speed by using Internet optimizers and can double or triple the download speeds by using Download accelerators.
A lot of various download accelerators are available online today. We recommend you to choose the best and use them to make your web experience Faster.
Recommended ;-
Download Accelerators : Download accelerator plus, Internet download manager

8.Disabling Flash or Javascripts

Disabling Flash and Javascript can give you a lot of increase in the web browsing speed. Many a times Flash or Javascripts are very heavy and hard to load. Disabling them minimize the size and complexity of the web page and browsers will be able to catch them faster and make your web browsing experience more faster !
NB: Most of Javascripts are used for showing ads or widgets. So disabling them may not be effecting your browsing experience much

9. Try Avoiding Multi-Tasking

When you open many pages in different windows, It could actually slow up you PC and also your browsing.But It has many disadvantages also.
So Better avoid Multi-Tasking !

10. Learn Keyboard shortcuts

Why not try to learn some useful and easy keyboard shortcuts for your browsers. It won’t increase the connection speed, but can help you to browse faster if you learn to use them properly.
There are a lot of unknown shortcuts for the browsers.