piggynose - What you're saying doesn't make sense.
If you always use your own laptop, then your laptop will always have the same programs, like internet browsers, installed on it. If I start up my computer and load Firefox or Internet Explorer, those programs will ALWAYS load up, irrespective of how many people may be using those programs on other computers. Those programs are local to your own machine, they run on your laptop.
Therefore, you cannot be in a position where you can't access them because too many people are using them at once. The internet access you have might be overloaded with other people if you're trying to use the same network, but using a different internet browser should make no difference. That's like saying you're stuck in traffic in your Honda, but you're moving along fine if you travel on the same road in your Ford. The car has no bearing on the traffic situation, just as your browser choice has no bearing on network congestion.