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New Network Fallacies

Tim Kadlec

I remember reading articles about how 3G connectivity was going to transform performance and, more generally, the way we used the internet altogether. ” The fallacy of networks, or new devices for that matter, fixing our performance woes is old and repetitive. In theory, the maximum downlink speed is 100 Mbps.

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Optimizing Video For Size And Quality

Smashing Magazine

A video with large dimensions or a high bitrate will take longer to download and will require a higher speed network to play back smoothly. This leads to longer startup times, and if the network cannot supply the video fast enough, the video will stall during video playback. Bitrate is the playback speed of the video.

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How the Great Firewall of China Affects Performance of Websites Outside of China

Dotcom-Montior

This project implements multiple techniques and tactics to censor China’s internet and controls the internet gateways to analyze, filter, and manipulate the internet traffic between inside and outside of China. Instead, you will encounter forever loading and other messages like timeout, connection error, network problem, etc.

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5G Will Definitely Make the Web Slower, Maybe

CSS - Tricks

as it matures 5G is predicted to improve network speeds dramatically. Carriers are predicting download speeds in 2019 for anywhere from 100Mb to 1 Gbit per second on average. But Scott continues: Faster networks should fix our performance problems, but so far, they have had an interesting if unintentional impact on the web.

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How the Great Firewall of China Affects Performance of Websites Outside of China

Dotcom-Montior

This project implements multiple techniques and tactics to censor China’s internet and controls the internet gateways to analyze, filter, and manipulate the internet traffic between inside and outside of China. Instead, you will encounter forever loading and other messages like timeout, connection error, network problem, etc.

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Improving Core Web Vitals, A Smashing Magazine Case Study

Smashing Magazine

I’ve written a few articles here before on Core Web Vitals, and am always interested to see what’s in their annual Web Performance Checklist. Running a failing article page through WebPageTest highlighted the LCP element: The LCP image of a typical Smashing Magazine article. OK, so the article author photo is the LCP element.

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How Does Page Load Time Affect Your Site Revenue?

MachMetrics

In this article, we will check how page load time affects your site revenue and also the importance of even just one second in page loading. They get even MORE impatient when it comes to website speed. drop in the number of articles a visitor read The three-second delay resulted in a 7.9% Want proof? Want proof?

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