Safari download speed

Downloads on Safari are seeming sluggish, so I have been doing speed tests on my cable internet and find that the Safari downloads are 40-50% slower than the same tests run on Firefox. Any ideas of what to check? I am running a 2.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo iMac w/4GB ram with my internet coming through an N enabled Airport Extreme base station.

HI Jason,
Try maintenance and see if it helps...
From the Safari Menu Bar, click Safari / Empty Cache. When you are done with that...
From the Safari Menu Bar, click Safari / Reset Safari. Select the top 5 buttons and click Reset.
If Safari unexpectedly quits, it could be a 3rd party plugins causing the problem. Go to ~/Library/Internet Plugins. Move any 3rd party plugins to the Trash and restart your Mac.
Also, if you are running Safari in 64 bit mode, try running in 32-bit mode instead. Right or control click the Safari icon in the Applications folder, then click: Get Info In the Get Info window click the black disclosure triangle next to General so it faces down. Select 32 bit mode. Quit Safari then relaunch.
While you have the Get Info window open for Safari, make sure it's not running in Rosetta.
http://www.opendns.com/start/
Go to ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari/ Move the Cache.db file to the Trash and restart your Mac.
Carolyn

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