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So here's my situation. I live in a place with terrible internet, period, the fastest internet speed I can get is 1.5mbps down, I've accepted that it sucks, I can deal. My problem is that when I want to watch a video or load say a flash game, the video will almost always be buffering or the flash game will take FOREVER to load up.
Now I know that 1.5 mbps down is only like 150 kb/s and that it takes a while to buffer/load videos/games, however when I open up my task manager and look at the resources being used, the browser is NEVER using anywhere near all of my crappy bandwidth. The only exceptions I have found so far are netflix and youtube. They will use most of if not all of my bandwidth.
I've checked and I know for a fact that there is nothing else sucking bandwidth up on my computer. (Speedtest.net also confirms that I have 1.5mbps or very close) Other applications seem to be happy to use all available bandwidth, (steam, torrenting applications etc.) It only seems to be my web browser that refuses to use what little bandwidth I have. I have also connected my computer directly to my modem.
Info
Windows 8.1
Google Chrome
i5 4690K 3.5GHz
8 gb ram
120gb SSD (running OS) and a 1 tb hd)
Wired internet connection (Computer->Router->Modem)
Router is a TP-Link TL-WR1043ND

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