LOTR--"Enable" incoming searches should really say "show" incoming searches"
Like all the other graphical displays, the data is still flowing (whether we look at it or not).
Dial up is a great way to learn how to conserve resources though. Perhaps unchecking the enable button freed up some resources. . . . or maybe it just triggered a "watched pot never boils" response.
Anyway, broadband sure is addictive