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I agree. I'm all for static, low-size websites and that is something I always strive for. But, the internet speed keeps improving. 5MB app won't take 5s to load
by andreygrehov 5y ago
I agree. I'm all for static, low-size websites and that is something I always strive for. But, the internet speed keeps improving. 5MB app won't take 5s to load these days. 1 megabit-per-second connection needs 8 seconds to load 1MB. Most internet providers offer 300Mbit/s minimum ($39/month). But even with 50Mbit/s channel, it'll only take 0.8s to load 5MB.
- mattnewton 5y agoIt very well might depending on the audience and the percentile you target. 90th percentile times show that those larger speeds are not consistent, often showing a bifurcated distribution where the tail is experiencing loss / latency that compounds the more request and the larger they are. Of course if the development benefits for your team outweigh it, it makes sense to do it. Just mean to say advertised cellphone connection speeds are not a reliable benchmark to hit.
- hbn 5y agoNot everyone has access to all options from internet providers. There's people on slow, satellite internet. Hell, there's still a non-negligible amount of people still using dial-up in the US. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185532/us-household-dial-up-internet-connection-usage-by-state-2009/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/185532/us-household-dial... (URL says 2009, but it was updated with statistics for 2019)
- freedomben 5y agoWhen I moved away from Alaska a couple of years ago, the fastest speed available to me was 768k. sites with several mb were virtually unusable, and so many of the would refresh or ajax recklessly as though bandwidth were huge and infinite. much of the modern web was completely unusable.