Slow internet revisited since 10.4.4 update

Hi all,
In a previous installment (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=302980&tstart=0) we had resolved slow internet on mac as compared to my XP PC.
After updating to 10.4.4 (tried both methods 1:auto update and 2:downloading 10.4.4 combo) my internet downloads are again always nearly half on the Mac as what I get on my PC. The uploads seem to be fairly identical.
Although Safari 2.0.3 is slower than 2.0.2 or Firefox 1.5 and Mozilla 1.7.12, this is not browser related (there's a maximum 10% differential between new safari and other browsers).
Been working on this for three days now without any luck. BandwidthTuner and bandwidthOptimizer do very little to improve results.
Any help welcomed
TIA for your time and effort
Dan

Fixed the problem by removing BroadbandOptimizer 1.5 and reinstalling Apple's BroadbandTuner.
Learned a lot about MTU's on Mac and XP machines along he way and how Linksys router was negotiating with both.
All is well with Mac now at around 4266 kbps while XP machines reaches about 4067 kbps.
Thanks for reading my post anyway!
Dan

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