Thread: Microsoft intentionally restricting Firefox speed?
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Old 20-05-2005, 10:36   #5
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Re: Microsoft intentionally restricting Firefox speed?
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Originally Posted by Bifta
I downloaded the same file on IE and Firefox, both download at around 213kbps a second, you can take your tinfoil hat off now. In fact, having just tried it again, firefox was quicker, it claimed it never dropped below 250kbps (which is obviously wrong) but it was still at least 3-4 seconds faster. OMFG, Microsoft is crippling IE's download speed!
Were you downloading mdac runtimes from microsoft.com, or just a random download from a random site?

I got 20k sustained within IE, yet only 5-9k in FF
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