Mozilla dives and IE surges

BrawnyDawg

Jr. Member

Offline

Gender: Male

Posts: 36

Mozilla dives and IE surges

« on: January 15, 2005, 07:46:05 PM »

Just the opposite of last weekend...

IE tonight:

::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 1195 Kbps about 1.2 Mbps (tested with 1496 KB)
Download Speed is:: 146 kB/s
Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/
Bottom Line:: 21 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 7.01 second(s)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=BQVFH6USJ

Mozillz Firefox tonight -

::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 550 Kbps about 0.6 Mbps (tested with 579 KB)
Download Speed is:: 67 kB/s
Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/
Bottom Line:: 10 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 15.28 second(s)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=3S6PG2LQO


	Logged

Dell Computer Corporation Inspiron 600m - 1.60 gigahertz -Intel Pentium M -512 Megabytes Installed Memory -Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection -McAfee VirusScan Version 9.0.10 -Mozilla - Firefox Version 1.7.5 - Windows XP Pro SP3

BrawnyDawg

Jr. Member

Offline

Gender: Male

Posts: 36

a second test...

« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2005, 07:49:13 PM »

Second test the same???? :whaa:

IE
::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 1746 Kbps about 1.7 Mbps (tested with 1496 KB)
Download Speed is:: 213 kB/s
Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/
Bottom Line:: 31 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 4.81 second(s)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=JA1OKHFU7

firefox
::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 523 Kbps about 0.5 Mbps (tested with 1496 KB)
Download Speed is:: 64 kB/s
Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/
Bottom Line:: 9 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 16 second(s)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=5K8F639EV


	Logged

The Reverend

TMN Friend

Offline

Gender: Female

Posts: 644

Re: Mozilla dives and IE surges

« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2005, 07:54:08 PM »

WOW Brawny ...they've got your speeds hopping all over the place! LOL...But ..at least it shows that their work is slowly pulling it all back together. I am well-pleased that we don't have to get inside you software and start from scratch! lol....

Be Blessed!

The Reverend


	Logged

BrawnyDawg

Jr. Member

Offline

Gender: Male

Posts: 36

Re: Mozilla dives and IE surges

« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2005, 07:58:34 PM »

it's odd thouhg. the IE is fast and Firefox is slower...last week it was the opposit. Is this possibly because of what they are doing or is my Firefox messing up?


	Logged

The Reverend

TMN Friend

Offline

Gender: Female

Posts: 644

Re: Mozilla dives and IE surges

« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2005, 08:23:14 PM »

According to "The Book", it is because IE6 and the DW6000 were "made for each other." As good as Mozilla' lightweight is, it just can't hack the computations that are involved when dealing with the latency issues peculiar to satellite comm only, and so for the majority of DWay users, it should stand true that IE5 or 6 will blow away ANY other browser (except for Opera "text only" ....but as I said in another post, who can stand to browse without all the cool pics eh?

LOL!!! I am happy fer ya! Let's pray it stays that way!

Next month, Dway will have a new surprise for us ....they never fail me! lol....

Cheers!

;) The Reverend


	Logged

BrawnyDawg

Jr. Member

Offline

Gender: Male

Posts: 36

Re: Mozilla dives and IE surges

« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2005, 06:54:45 AM »

Must be a conspiracy after last wekend> IE is humming still!
The only twweks I did to my system last week was the indexing tweak you suggested...

IE
::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 2022 Kbps about 2 Mbps (tested with 1013 KB)
Download Speed is:: 247 kB/s
Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/
Bottom Line:: 36 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 4.15 second(s)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=2VDL6GQW1

Firefox
::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 587 Kbps about 0.6 Mbps (tested with 1013 KB)
Download Speed is:: 72 kB/s
Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/
Bottom Line:: 10 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 14.22 second(s)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=VY1B3CLDR


	Logged

The Reverend

TMN Friend

Offline

Gender: Female

Posts: 644

Re: Mozilla dives and IE surges

« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2005, 08:27:14 AM »

Wow Brawny,

What we have done is to have found the majic key to unlock your modem via your registry, and those tweaks are what does it. Those are some killer speeds, however to get the most accurate speed use the 2992 file and it will tell you your true speed with one or two Kbps. Bear in mind that it changes constantly since Satellite communications is so 'fickle', but over the long run lit looks like YOU DO NOT WANT TO TOUCH THAT DIAL! lol

Cheers!

I am busy getting the new server off the ground, so I'll be back sometime after 12PM (EST USA)

Cheers!

The Reverend


	Logged

rlh24

Sr. Member

Offline

Gender: Male

Posts: 159

Re: Mozilla dives and IE surges

« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2005, 08:45:10 AM »

You are not alone with this BrawnyDawg. I have been experiencing the exact same thing. In fact firefox feels almost like dialup now. Here is what I am getting right now with each browser.

IE

::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 992 Kbps about 1 Mbps (tested with 1496 KB)
Download Speed is:: 121 kB/s
Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/
Bottom Line:: 18 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 8.46 second(s)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=9OA13KLX7

Firefox
Well that was interesting. I can not even get a test to complete now using firefox. Strange and sad since I love firefox.


	Logged

DW6000, Horizons 1, signal 67, cross pol 80, 1270, xp home, zone alarm pro5, Kaspersky, XP Smoker Pro
gmail invites available

BrawnyDawg

Jr. Member

Offline

Gender: Male

Posts: 36

Firefox

« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2005, 08:52:49 AM »

Ywa, I am glad someone else is eeing this. Firefox rocks compared to IE!


	Logged

The Reverend

TMN Friend

Offline

Gender: Female

Posts: 644

Re: Mozilla dives and IE surges

« Reply #9 on: January 16, 2005, 09:18:22 AM »

Not when you are using a DW6000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FireFox and the DW6000 hate each other. lol


	Logged

BrawnyDawg

Jr. Member

Offline

Gender: Male

Posts: 36

Re: Mozilla dives and IE surges

« Reply #10 on: January 16, 2005, 09:23:39 AM »

How come I was slamming IE the last couple of weeks w/Firefox...??


	Logged

The Reverend

TMN Friend

Offline

Gender: Female

Posts: 644

Re: Mozilla dives and IE surges

« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2005, 09:35:48 AM »

Trouble at DirecWay's NOC is all ....plus they were/are getting Horizons 1 online ....plus a Server (new) went crazy on them. Now that everything is back to normal....IE will "Rule" and Firefox will continue to be a lightweight that will work, but can't be tweak nearly as hot as IE6. Simple.

"The Rev"


	Logged

Mr Ranger

Jr. Member

Offline

Posts: 25

Re: Mozilla dives and IE surges

« Reply #12 on: January 16, 2005, 10:04:03 AM »

I'm using both and I can't figure why so many like Fox over IE? Can Fox go fullscreen with a mouse click (without hitting F11)? Does fox have autohide? I know beta versions had extensions for this, yet I haven't seen these in V1. What features am I missing that everyone likes so much.

PS: I would have done a speed test on Starband to test differences except things are so slow here right now that I would be ashamed to post speeds. That's why I'm scoping out this group.

Mr Ranger


	Logged

The Reverend

TMN Friend

Offline

Gender: Female

Posts: 644

Re: Mozilla dives and IE surges

« Reply #13 on: January 16, 2005, 10:22:59 AM »

I hear ya Mr. Ranger. I have the other browsers set up for testing, but I only use IE6 because in my humble opinion it just has better software behind it, and I have no trouble with security ....and it seems that more you use FireFox the worse things get messed up inside your Registry over the long run. So ....to each their own, but IE is FAR better than anything when you are using DirecWay ...especially with a DW6000! That's straight from the people who built the DW6000 for Hughes! (Confidential Info)

Cheers!

The Reverend


	Logged