Browsers hang when loading web pages

"It does sound like the old MTU problem that I've seen crop up a number of times.

You can find some more background information on MTU here.

There is a handy tool on Zen Internet's website which allows you to modify your MTU setting for ADSL connections.

Depending on your type of internet connection, you may need to manually determine your best MTU setting and then set it from the command prompt."