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Archives => 2003 => Topic started by: Al on April 23, 2003, 04:18:00 AM

Title: Safari FLIES!!!!!
Post by: Al on April 23, 2003, 04:18:00 AM

This is a bandstream test with Safari and my ISP.  

   

The same test with NS7
 

   I think Safari is hyping the numbers a bit....

Title: Safari FLIES!!!!!
Post by: Dreambird on April 23, 2003, 04:47:00 AM

Maybe so Al... but FWIW whenever I've had a problem with my speed and have called on Shaw's techs for help... they send me to this speed test site which shows that Opera downloads "much" faster than NS4.76... not as fast as your test says, but definately faster... "a lot"!

Dunno if it'll work for you... but you can try:
http://support.shaw.ca/troubleshooting/speedtest.htm

Netscape never leaves any trace of the "download.dat" used... Opera leaves it on the desktop... I just trash it afterward...

Title: Safari FLIES!!!!!
Post by: Spartacus on April 23, 2003, 05:35:00 AM

I got

Safari
Kilobits/Sec : 68000
KiloBytes/Sec : 8333.3

IE
Kilobits/Sec : 206.8
KiloBytes/Sec :    25.3

Chimera
Kilobits/Sec : 330.4
KiloBytes/Sec : 40.5

Safari FLIES!

Title: Safari FLIES!!!!!
Post by: bil207 on April 23, 2003, 07:12:00 AM

This the the result yhat I get using Safari.  

   

Title: Safari FLIES!!!!!
Post by: ClayEM on April 23, 2003, 09:45:00 AM

Here's my Safari test from http://www.dslreports.com/stest?loc=1

 

Clay

Title: Safari FLIES!!!!!
Post by: Spartacus on April 23, 2003, 10:04:00 AM

Clay.

I think your test tests the ISP's speed and not the browser speed.

Title: Safari FLIES!!!!!
Post by: ClayEM on April 23, 2003, 10:08:00 AM

A short time later I checked IE 5.2.2 from the same site and got this:
 

Clay