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Speedtest problem

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Hello, I think there is a problem in my Firefox settings because on the same Mac, with the same fiber connection to the same server I get very different speedtest results. With Firefox I get almost 300 Mb/s, with Chrome almost 700 Mb/s. I tried on other speedtest sites with same results. I use OpenDNS and I don't use VPN. What can I check to fix this difference?

Hello, I think there is a problem in my Firefox settings because on the same Mac, with the same fiber connection to the same server I get very different speedtest results. With Firefox I get almost 300 Mb/s, with Chrome almost 700 Mb/s. I tried on other speedtest sites with same results. I use OpenDNS and I don't use VPN. What can I check to fix this difference?
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Can you post the results of a traceroute to 208.67.222.222 or 220.220 Then post the results of 1.1.1.1 or 1.0.0.1

Here is what I get and why I changed to cloudflare(10 hops). traceroute to 1.1.1.1 (1.1.1.1), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets 1 190.180.100.69 (190.180.100.69) 0.238 ms 0.243 ms 0.227 ms 2 96.120.72.9 (96.120.72.9) 8.690 ms 8.860 ms 8.645 ms 3 68.85.118.73 (68.85.118.73) 8.824 ms 8.810 ms 9.309 ms 4 68.86.152.218 (68.86.152.218) 9.290 ms 9.274 ms 9.260 ms 5 68.86.152.213 (68.86.152.213) 10.827 ms 11.033 ms 11.000 ms 6 be-31143-cs04.newark.nj.ibone.comcast.net (96.110.42.45) 11.934 ms be-31133-cs03.newark.nj.ibone.comcast.net (96.110.42.41) 10.382 ms be-31113-cs01.newark.nj.ibone.comcast.net (96.110.42.33) 15.702 ms 7 be-2111-pe11.newark.nj.ibone.comcast.net (96.110.33.242) 15.636 ms be-2211-pe11.newark.nj.ibone.comcast.net (96.110.33.246) 13.555 ms be-2311-pe11.newark.nj.ibone.comcast.net (96.110.33.250) 13.149 ms 8 173.167.58.38 (173.167.58.38) 13.115 ms 13.777 ms 13.055 ms 9 172.70.108.2 (172.70.108.2) 21.772 ms 199.27.132.36 (199.27.132.36) 13.330 ms 172.70.108.2 (172.70.108.2) 21.713 ms 10 one.one.one.one (1.1.1.1) 13.271 ms 12.906 ms 13.211 ms

opendns: Just goes blank for me after 8 hops. traceroute to 208.67.222.222 (208.67.222.222), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets 1 190.180.100.69 (190.180.100.69) 0.269 ms 0.284 ms 0.268 ms 2 96.120.72.9 (96.120.72.9) 11.265 ms 11.249 ms 11.156 ms 3 68.85.118.73 (68.85.118.73) 11.877 ms 11.862 ms 11.847 ms 4 68.86.152.218 (68.86.152.218) 11.828 ms 11.813 ms 11.799 ms 5 68.86.152.213 (68.86.152.213) 14.002 ms 14.225 ms 13.972 ms 6 4.68.37.17 (4.68.37.17) 14.667 ms 26.268 ms 14.383 ms 7 67.16.156.57 (67.16.156.57) 14.476 ms 64.215.102.73 (64.215.102.73) 14.227 ms 14.175 ms 8 4.78.132.22 (4.78.132.22) 15.652 ms 15.601 ms 15.550 ms 9 * * * 10 * * * 11 * * * 12 * * * 13 * * * 14 * * * 15 * * * 16 * * * 17 * * * 18 * * * 19 * * * 20 * * * 21 * * * 22 * * * 23 * * * 24 * * * 25 * * * 26 * * * 27 * * * 28 * * * 29 * * * 30 * * *

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jonzn4SUSE said

Can you post the results of a traceroute to 208.67.222.222 or 220.220 Then post the results of 1.1.1.1 or 1.0.0.1

Hi, there are the results:

Using OpenDNS:

traceroute to 208.67.222.222 (208.67.222.222), 64 hops max, 72 byte packets

1  192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1)  1.251 ms  0.731 ms  0.708 ms
2  static-213-205-24-145.clienti.tiscali.it (213.205.24.145)  4.213 ms  4.319 ms  4.137 ms
3  static-213-205-56-37.clienti.tiscali.it (213.205.56.37)  4.061 ms  4.074 ms  3.707 ms
4  static-213-205-56-9.clienti.tiscali.it (213.205.56.9)  4.014 ms  4.414 ms  4.176 ms
5  static-213-205-58-161.clienti.tiscali.it (213.205.58.161)  7.224 ms  6.850 ms  3.672 ms
6  cisco.mix-it.net (217.29.67.41)  4.279 ms  3.576 ms  4.287 ms
7  dns.opendns.com (208.67.222.222)  3.504 ms  3.431 ms  4.051 ms

traceroute to 1.1.1.1 (1.1.1.1), 64 hops max, 72 byte packets

1  192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1)  1.100 ms  0.584 ms  0.541 ms
2  static-213-205-24-145.clienti.tiscali.it (213.205.24.145)  4.148 ms  4.020 ms  3.799 ms
3  static-94-32-128-85.clienti.tiscali.it (94.32.128.85)  3.887 ms  3.519 ms  4.266 ms
4  static-213-205-56-9.clienti.tiscali.it (213.205.56.9)  3.980 ms  4.076 ms  3.976 ms
5  static-213-205-58-161.clienti.tiscali.it (213.205.58.161)  7.209 ms  7.286 ms  4.012 ms
6  cloudflare.mix-it.net (217.29.66.167)  10.477 ms  3.455 ms  3.968 ms
7  188.114.100.9 (188.114.100.9)  4.493 ms  4.419 ms  4.456 ms
8  one.one.one.one (1.1.1.1)  3.175 ms  3.129 ms  4.192 ms


Using Cloudfare DNS:

traceroute to 208.67.222.222 (208.67.222.222), 64 hops max, 72 byte packets

1  192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1)  1.281 ms  0.633 ms  0.676 ms
2  static-213-205-24-145.clienti.tiscali.it (213.205.24.145)  4.198 ms  4.183 ms  4.227 ms
3  static-213-205-56-37.clienti.tiscali.it (213.205.56.37)  4.018 ms  4.024 ms  3.659 ms
4  static-213-205-56-9.clienti.tiscali.it (213.205.56.9)  4.255 ms  3.692 ms  3.977 ms
5  static-213-205-58-161.clienti.tiscali.it (213.205.58.161)  4.459 ms  6.169 ms  7.983 ms
6  cisco.mix-it.net (217.29.67.41)  4.719 ms  3.983 ms  3.999 ms
7  resolver1.opendns.com (208.67.222.222)  4.608 ms  4.460 ms  4.096 ms


traceroute to 1.1.1.1 (1.1.1.1), 64 hops max, 72 byte packets

1  192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1)  1.394 ms  0.550 ms  0.483 ms
2  static-213-205-24-145.clienti.tiscali.it (213.205.24.145)  4.479 ms  3.486 ms  4.042 ms
3  static-94-32-128-85.clienti.tiscali.it (94.32.128.85)  3.999 ms  3.909 ms  3.971 ms
4  static-213-205-56-9.clienti.tiscali.it (213.205.56.9)  4.234 ms  3.977 ms  4.014 ms
5  static-213-205-58-161.clienti.tiscali.it (213.205.58.161)  6.972 ms  7.299 ms  3.970 ms
6  cloudflare.mix-it.net (217.29.66.167)  34.462 ms  31.374 ms  18.735 ms
7  188.114.100.9 (188.114.100.9)  3.935 ms  4.156 ms  3.989 ms
8  one.one.one.one (1.1.1.1)  3.435 ms  3.828 ms  4.173 ms


Anyway, the problem is the speed difference between Firefox and Chrome at same conditions.

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Yeah, OpenDNS looks good for you.