OOKLA speed tests totally different on IE and Firefox !!!

Adalwar said:

The difference is relative small, it is only 18%, so I would not give so much importance.
Anyway, one should take in consideration the Caches that are always in place.
The best way to test is using the many Windows built-in information, like the one in Windows Explorer, Performance in Task Manager or even the Ressource Monitor. They are accurate and give the information one need.

HI there
@Adalwar

Thanks for the info -- 18% could be significant --especially now more and more 4K UHD Video is becoming available -- dread to think what happens when we go to 8K video --today's high speed fibre internet will collapse !! even 1Gib/s might not be sufficient - and with zillions of users !!.

Netflix and SKY have a few things in 4K - most premier league football (round ball version) is available in 4K now.

Cheers
jimbo

Just checked mine, to the same server. Edge 114.54 downlink, 11.67 uplink. Firefox 114.74 downlink 11.60 uplink.

I am on Brighthouse cable.

fireberd said:

Just checked mine, to the same server. Edge 114.54 downlink, 11.67 uplink. Firefox 114.74 downlink 11.60 uplink.

I am on Brighthouse cable.

Hi there

Thanks

I suspect that perhaps my Firefox is riddled with adware --seems analysing it loads 10 zillion sites plus "adclick" or whatever

Totally removed.

Chrome reports similar to IE 11. Now marking as solved.

Linux Firefox --fine -- same as Windows but Windows FF --totally ridiculous result --from same server within seconds shouldn't have a variation of 18% --Would you use a plane if the reliability varied by 18 % --maybe some would but I think I'd stay on the ground in that situation. !!!!!

Cheers
jimbo

Hi, Apologies on reviving such an old thread, but I have this exact same issue. I get completely different results using chrome, IE and FF. Chrome is the worst, i get about 200mbps up and down. FF gives me about 600mbps down and 200mbps up. On IE it's reversed, i get 200mbps down and 600 mbps up. Same thing using Edge.

I dont have any plugins installed on FF, IE or Edge, and on chrome all i have are lastpass and mighttext.

And just to make things more confusing, on my laptop it seems like firefox gets 600 up and down. And i tested my laptop using the exact same internet connection as my desktop - plugged it into the router using the same ethernet cable my desktop was using.

merkk said:

Hi, Apologies on reviving such an old thread, but I have this exact same issue. I get completely different results using chrome, IE and FF. Chrome is the worst, i get about 200mbps up and down. FF gives me about 600mbps down and 200mbps up. On IE it's reversed, i get 200mbps down and 600 mbps up. Same thing using Edge.
I dont have any plugins installed on FF, IE or Edge, and on chrome all i have are lastpass and mighttext.
And just to make things more confusing, on my laptop it seems like firefox gets 600 up and down. And i tested my laptop using the exact same internet connection as my desktop - plugged it into the router using the same ethernet cable my desktop was using.

Hi merkk.

In order to gain better visibility, it would be better to start your own thread. This thread is old and marked as Solved.
You could make reference to this thread using a link if it's similar. Thanks