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well, if it isn't the guy with the crazy long username. I've seen you testing before.

Your connection looks pretty sweet, looks like you're getting what you're paying for

Wow, Microsoft really needs to get it together in the browser market. They have allot to fix for version 10 if they want my endorsement.

IE was my favorite for a while. ... By the way, don't get locked into a complete favorite. Make sure you check all the major browsers every few months because they are always getting better. I personally think that Chrome and Firefox are as good as it gets right now. Safari on Mac (I can't attest for the PC version, haven't used it lately) is also very fast and stable. When I'm browsing, I want it to just want the page to load how the developer intended... quickly, securely and without bugs...

Here's my list, in order of how often I use them.

• Google Chrome
  
• Mozilla Firefox
  
• Safari for Mac or PC
  
• Internet Explorer no link, you have to have Windows and if you have Windows then you already have it. Wait, isn't Mac supposed to be the proprietary ones?
  
• Opera Browser

I think it's fun to change it up sometimes. You really can't go wrong with the top 3, they test well with TestMy.net right out of the box.

IE used to be my favorite, years ago. I find it to be very buggy right now. Opera, can't seem to go over 20Mbps with TestMy's tests... even on my 50+ Mbps connection.

Microsoft contacted me a few months ago, I can't go into details. But I can tell you that I'm not going to endorse their new browser unless it works right. I don't care if they made it rain, it has to be right. And right now, it's not. ... I've seen Google crash on multiple occasions. So it's not like it has to do with faulty code on the websites end. Maybe it's because I'm running Windows in virtual machine... but if that's the case, why does EVERY OTHER BROWSER work without those problems?

For development purposes I have to use every Operating system and every browser combination you can think of. But when I'm chillin' on the internet, you'd most likely catch me in Chrome.

becerdin, on 07 February 2012 - 08:03 PM, said:

No problem, thanks for visiting.

I'm still debating in my head about that... I really want the main server to remain the benchmark. I'm nowhere near that server and I'm able to get a great, stable connection. Other people should too, as long as their providers are delivering what they say they are. The mirrors, are there to provide alternate locations to make sure routing to the main server isn't an issue.

... this just gave me an idea. I'll get back with you on that...

dalzuga, on 07 February 2012 - 10:14 AM, said:

I really don't know exactly what your issue is. But I'm sure that you can feel there's an issue there... otherwise you wouldn't be looking into it. To be honest with you, I'm still trying to understand how my test is able to detect all that it does. Many times I've seen people that have an issue with their cable modem. They score low on my tests but nowhere else. I'd really like to know exactly why that is. With a deeper understanding maybe I can tell the user exactly what their issues are. I just know that it works.

... just because I wrote every single line of TestMy's code doesn't mean I fully understand how it does what it does. It seriously surprises me, often.

What kind of modem do you have? How old is it? We've seen ALLOT of people here that describe the same stuff you are, they swap out their cable modem and problem solved. You may want to look into your modem itself. What I would do is go buy one at Best Buy (or somewhere that has a good return policy)... set it up, if it doesn't improve... return it. -- try directly connecting the modem to your best machine first to make sure it's not your router. When you get the new modem also test it directly to your best machine before you set it up on your network. REMEMBER, you must completely power down your modem before it will connect to a new device (e.g. you computer or router), it remembers the MAC address of the device it's connected to.