Internet timeouts via browser, but stable everywhere else

[baehr]

I surely hope that this is the correct place to ask.

I've been having this peculiar yet incredibly frustrating issue with my computer, and it's been happening since I first purchased it.

In a nutshell, my emails/skypes/pings&tracerouts all go through without a flaw. When I run a speed test my speeds sit nicely at 40mb/s down and 5mb/s up. But when I try to browse web pages using Chrome/Firefox/Safari the connection hangs, pages fail to load and load slowly. It happens intermittently, but frequent enough to make every-day tasks nearly impossible to do.

I called Apple support and the technician was unsure. But when researching this issue online it seems fairly common. Unfortunately I have yet to find an answer that works for me.

Important facts to know:

The internet connection is stable on all of my other house-hold computers including my phone. Which is why I know that this is not an issue with my ISP.

I have tried changing my DNS settings to Google's public DNS... alas no change.

I bought this computer only a few months ago. It's a 2.2 GHz Macbook Pro with OS X version 10.7.2

This issue happens wired and wireless.

Thanks for any help, in advanced!

 

[ArchiMark]

That is an odd problem...certainly frustrating....

One thing I do when I notice browser oddities (crashes, slowdowns, etc..) is to empty the caches...then try using browser....couldn't hurt to try....

 

[baehr]

ArchiMark,

I've done that, also flushed my DNS cache. There's no firewall enabled as well.

Not sure what the problem is.

 

[ArchiMark]

Can you disable network password (assuming you have one set...you should...) temporarily and see if you can connect then?