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    Chrome slow, Firefox fine... why?

    Well, I've tried that on my phone, and yes, fast.com on Chrome went up to vaguely normal speeds. So I've sent instructions on how to do that to my brother, and I'll find out how he gets on. Thanks!
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    Chrome slow, Firefox fine... why?

    Thanks - I'll have a look at that later or tomorrow (I'm in the UK, and my brain is getting to the end of its day ;) )
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    Chrome slow, Firefox fine... why?

    Obviously the easiest thing would just be to switch to Firefox, but I really want to try to make Chrome work properly...
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    Chrome slow, Firefox fine... why?

    Now that is interesting.... fast.com 12Mb/s via Firefox, 5.8 via Chrome.
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    Chrome slow, Firefox fine... why?

    Thanks. Haven't tried a lot... Facebook is OK, but will try some others now. The curious thing my brother has found is that Chrome is fine on all sites on mobile data, and it's only wifi he's experienced the problems on, including Gmail through Chrome. It's all very weird!
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    Chrome slow, Firefox fine... why?

    My brother's been complaining about terrible speeds on Chrome on wifi for some time at my mum's house... when I was there, I tried the Ookla Speedtest on a laptop... fine... via the Ookla app on my phone... fine... via Chrome on my phone (on desktop version, as it won't load in the mobile...