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"Slow" internet is not so bad (especially when it is not really THAT slow). Limitations in connectivity force designers and developers (therefore large companie
by Yellow_Boat 9y ago
"Slow" internet is not so bad (especially when it is not really THAT slow). Limitations in connectivity force designers and developers (therefore large companies) to optimise things and save resources. Internet speed growth rate could be 5% (compounding) would be enough in order to provide a friendly environment for new frameworks, technologies in the field of network and web to benefit all.
- AndrewGaspar 9y agoSpeedtest.net claims an increase of average internet speeds by 40% in 2016: http://www.speedtest.net/reports/united-states/ http://www.speedtest.net/reports/united-states/
- eric_h 9y agoI'm curious how much of that is actual infrastructure improvements and how much is ISPs increasingly prioritizing traffic to speedtest.net.