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Unless you are running a gaming service, latency hardly matters for 'everyday' websites. With most people on broadband of some sort, 2ms or 160ms ping times is
by tobtoh 15y ago
Unless you are running a gaming service, latency hardly matters for 'everyday' websites. With most people on broadband of some sort, 2ms or 160ms ping times is not relevant - they wouldn't even notice the split second delay before the page started loading.
- steveh73 15y agoHere's a post by someone in AU demonstrating the effects of latency on web traffic - 10x slowdown. http://mike.bailey.net.au/2010/07/latency-is-a-killer/ http://mike.bailey.net.au/2010/07/latency-is-a-killer/
- tobtoh 15y agoFair point Steve - I was a little too broad brush in my response. Yes I agree latency matters - but I was replying to your response in the context that you proposed that business was hesitant to host overseas due to latency issues. My reply was in line with the parent post that the (implied) reason that Aussie business are reluctant to host overseas due to ignorance of options, perceived issues around support etc. From my dealings with Aussie business (of the sort that would host at lower tier hosting firms like the one in the article), they are ecstatic just to have a website. Issues such as latency don't even come into consideration.
- steveh73 15y agoAnd here's information on how increasing speed increases conversion: http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/07/velocity-making-your-site-fast.html http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/07/velocity-making-your-site-f... So potentially, the money you save by hosting overseas is lost in lower conversion.