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Ever tried residential fiber optic internet? <1 ms latency. Web pages just pop on the screen — at least when the server is geographically near. It's addictive.
by vardump 8y ago
Ever tried residential fiber optic internet? <1 ms latency. Web pages just pop on the screen — at least when the server is geographically near. It's addictive.
Compare it to cable modems with still lowish 5-10 ms latency. Pages load visibly slower. But you don't mind it or even notice, if you haven't previously gotten used with the faster option.
So I think I'll always take all of the latency improvements available. The difference can be substantial even when the starting point is already "pretty good".
- mehrdadn 8y agoHow do you even find sites that load fast enough for this difference to matter? I only know of maybe 1-2 websites that load instantly like that [1]. Everything else seems bottlenecked on the server side (and sometimes the client). https://www.changedetection.com/dirsearch.html https://www.changedetection.com/dirsearch.html
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