Constants:
Browser is Mozilla Firefox 3.6
Cache cleared everytime.
modem is a winmodem compatible with latest dial up protocols
OpenDNS is used.
TEST 1
Modem settings:
All hardware features enabled
LCP on
software compression on
multilink negotiation off
Time to fully load Facebook login page: 43 seconds.
TEST 2
Modem settings:
Hardware flow control on
Modem Error control on
Modem compression off
LCP on
software compression on
multilink negotiation off
Time to fully load Facebook login page: 41 seconds.
TEST 3
Modem settings:
Hardware flow control on
Modem Error control off
Modem compression off
LCP on
software compression on
multilink negotiation off
Time to fully load Facebook login page: 91 seconds.
extra observation: error count seems high.
BROWSER TEST:
Mozilla Firefox 3.6
Time to load Facebook login page: 41 seconds
Chromium 10
Time to load Facebok login page: 50 seconds
Internet Explorer 8
Time to load Facebok login page: 46 seconds
just thought I'll post it here..