Continued Server Problems

I'm having the same problems on stage. I'm not sure if this is a browser or LAN thing. Regardless, I need a more scientific way of testing the connection. The few times I can get it running here at NYU, it craps out.

There's probably a maximum number of times I can poll one page. How many other connections is the server able to handle? What is the frame rate of the VIRTOOLS file? I don't need to poll the server at 60 fps. I need to slow it down I do however, need an asynchronous data flow or something close.

Here is my development set up:

Windows XP Professional Version 5.1
IE 6.0.2900

VIRTOOLS 3.5

PHPMyAdmin

I've tested this on my Mac with Safari 10.3.9 and am not having the same problem, so this eliminates the LAN/Network as a culprit, maybe it has something to do with Windows and system-wide caching.