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PeptoBloat

Member Since 01 Jan 2006
Offline Last Active Mar 03 2012 11:11 PM
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IE & Firefox speed differences

24 March 2006 - 04:52 PM

IE:
:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 65 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 386 kB)
Download Speed is:: 8 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net  (main)
Test Time:: 2006/03/24 - 4:47pm
Bottom Line:: 1X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 128 sec
Tested from a 386 kB file and took 48.859 seconds to complete
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)
Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 2.73 % of your hosts average (qwest.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-HF3USBJPO

Firefox:
:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 47 Kbps about 0 Mbps (tested with 97 kB)
Download Speed is:: 6 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net  (server1)
Test Time:: 2006/03/24 - 5:45pm
Bottom Line:: 1X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 170.67 sec
Tested from a 97 kB file and took 16.656 seconds to complete
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1
Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 1.97 % of your hosts average (qwest.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-4W0O3NRTD

Does anyone know why there is such a significant difference between the two? I enjoy FF more, but if IE is that fast, well...

Is this even possible on 56k?

19 February 2006 - 01:56 PM

I'm pretty sure it isn't cached.

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 131 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 386 kB)
Download Speed is:: 16 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net (server1)
Test Time:: Sun Feb 19 15:55:25 EST 2006
Bottom Line:: 2X faster than 56K 1MB download in 64 sec
Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 5.86 % of your hosts average (qwest.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-159SCKVPI

CableNut ROCKS! :cool:

Must thank ROM-DOS

14 February 2006 - 12:03 PM

Holy cow your CableNut settings are good! Before using them, I got speeds of about 43 Kbps. :( Now, I get speeds between 57-60 Kbps! :cool:
:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 60 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 97 kB)
Download Speed is:: 7 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net (server1)
Test Time:: Tue Feb 14 14:00:05 EST 2006
Bottom Line:: 1X faster than 56K 1MB download in 146.29 sec
Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 2.7 % of your hosts average (qwest.net)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-2GD0VB759

Awesome improvement! I appreciate your work very much.