I feel so inadequate..
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Comcast cable:
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Hey! I think I win!

http://www.speedtest.net/result/122518138.png Milt, it could be worse...this is SBC DSL in central coast California!

i guess i'm in still in the stone age i still have dial up .but for the amount of time and what i do on computer's it's enough for now only time it's a problem is when downloading new programs or pictures .....

http://www.speedtest.net/result/122534177.png

This is from RoadRunner cable in the San Fernando Valley.

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It actually should read ~80 000 Kb/s, but i'm having my lap connected wireless via a slow Linksys W54G to my 100 000 Kb/s Internet provider.

It sucks :mad:
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A bit slower connecting to server in CA. Close to Pelican i believe? Cannot blame the Linksys here i guess :-)

http://www.speedtest.net/result/122554370.png

My service sucks with my ISPs DNS servers, but if I use a local caching server or point to a other known-good dns source it is just fine... I bet that will be a similar problem for you...

pm me if you want to use the dns server i run

In that case, IE should direct me to a different dns server other than firefox, or is that true? I could try the speed test using IE, but me thinks my real problem is my DSL service from Verizon. I might upgrade temporarily while waiting for FIOS.

Milt, DNS is a function on the PC. But DNS lookup is another issue. Once your system resolves the name to IP, DNS is out of the equation.

Have you done anything to make sure that it is, in fact, the level of service? In other words, did it used to be faster? Have you connected a friends laptop to see if they get the same issues? Are you going through a Linksys (for example) router? If you are wireless, have you tried a wired connection? Have you tried a different connection method such as connecting direct to the modem?

What Halm said is right - DNS is on the network level, don't matter which browser you use...

Especially on Vista. Pelican in particular runs like it never has in the past.

Hold onto your hat:

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Halm offers some pretty good tips on testing your connection.

Cablevision: Happy with a month-to-month. No thanks to annual contracts.

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Office T-1
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I just switched to firefox from IE6. It is quite a bit faster. Thanks for the tip, Wayne