Explore strategies for enhancing internet speed and performance in this 45-minute conference talk. Delve into the complexities of consumer networks, examining issues like bufferbloat, dropped packages, and their impact on TCP. Learn about efforts and projects developed to improve application, website, and network speeds. Discover techniques to optimize servers and applications, compensating for network limitations. Gain insights into tuning operating systems for improved hosting performance. Understand that network speed encompasses more than just bandwidth and latency, and acquire practical knowledge to address the common complaint, "The internet is so slow today!"