Netscape is faster than Safari uploading pages to busy site.

Netscape 7 is MUCH faster than Safari uploading pages to an interactive web site that has a lot of traffic. Several times using Safari to upload after filling out forms or doing other things, I've gotten impatient, switched to Netscape 7.02, did the same form or interaction, and sent the page. Netscape hangs much less time before the confirmation downloads to my browser. I've gotten confirmation via Netscape while Safari is still hanging, even though I tried to upload via Safari several minutes before I switched to Netscape. This has happened at NYTimes.com and other busy web sites.

Greetings,
The reasons behind your experience could be many, but try this to see if it improves things:
Quit Safari if it's running and open System Preferences>Network.
In the DNS Server tab, make sure IPv6 is turned off, and enter these two DNS servers to replace the ones you currently have:
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
click Apply Now and quit System Preferences.
Next, do these things in order:
1. Go to Home/Library/Cookies and delete the Cookies.plist file.
2. Go to Home/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari and delete the contents of that folder.
3. Go to Home/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/Web Page Previews and delete the contents of that folder.
4. If you don't want to use the Top Sites feature, open Terminal and paste in this command:
defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSnapshotsUpdatePolicy -int 2
5. Go to Home/Library/Caches/Metadata/Safari and delete the contents of that folder.
6. Go to Home/Library/Caches/Safari and delete the contents of that folder.
7. Go to Home/Library/Safari and delete these files (if you have them):
Downloads.plist
History.plist
Form Values
LastSession.plist
WebpageIcons.db
Repair Disk Permissions, then restart Safari and see if the speed is improved.

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Greetings,
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5. Go to Home/Library/Caches/Metadata/Safari and delete the contents of that folder.
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7. Go to Home/Library/Safari and delete these files (if you have them):
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History.plist
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click Apply Now and quit System Preferences.
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7. Go to Home/Library/Safari and delete these files (if you have them):
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