Using this trick you can get faster login even with slow connections:

Gmail HTML Login

  1. Use the HTML version of Gmail instead of standard java version. You can access to Gmail’s HTML version directly from this URL http://mail.google.com/mail/h/. All you need to do is to create a bookmark of the above URL and use it for faster login in Gmail’s lighter version.
  2. You can also try the Gmail mobile version via http://m.gmail.com ,it is a very low-fi version of Gmail optimized for mobile phones. This mobile version of Gmail is simple and fast but with fewer features. It is best for checking new mails in the inbox.