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Yes, latency is very important. We found that there is a strong negative correlation between bandwidth and latency (faster connections tend to have lower respon
by yaro2 12y ago
Yes, latency is very important. We found that there is a strong negative correlation between bandwidth and latency (faster connections tend to have lower response times). That's why we decided to focus on speed first. We are planning to add ping testing as well.
- LukeShu 12y agoI'm sure you guys are on it, but: See apenwarr's 'Blip' for checking latency in the browser: https://github.com/apenwarr/blip https://github.com/apenwarr/blip
- TheLoneWolfling 12y agoLocked up FF when I tried it.
- LukeShu 12y agoReally? I've been using it in FF on GNU/Linux since it was announced 2013-04 without any issue (other than switching to a different tab seems to throttle connections). I've got the latest FF 31. What version/OS/graphics do you have?
- TheLoneWolfling 12y agoGot it. It was NoScript: NoScript set to allow scripts globally and it works, set to disable scripts by default and it freezes FF.
- superuser2 12y agoI would expect the very slowest connections to be T1s, which have excellent latency (and reliability) but almost no bandwidth. Then DSL/cable connections, with bandwidth between 5 and 100Mbps. Anything 100Mbps or greater would have fiber, with the correspondingly low latency again.