>Define "faster". My internet connection at work has faster speeds into the building than the 100 Megabit ethernet connection to my desk.
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>>A local desktop will always be as fast as or faster than a LAN, and both the LAN and the desktop will always be as fast as or faster than the Web.
>>That is logically inevitable, because the Web uses the desktop and in most cases the Web also uses the LAN.

That internet connection can be a zillion bps but it won't matter to you unless the slowest link in the chain is running at that speed.