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Thread ID: 36374 2003-08-08 04:18:00 Performance test from some of you on dial up and possibly alternatives robo (205) Press F1
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166151 2003-08-08 04:18:00 Please, need to know how long it takes to load the following web pages (without ad blockers, although performance with ad blockers could be interesting):

www.pressf1.co.nz
trademe.co.nz
nzoom.com

I have tested with Vodafone and Telecom cellular links, plus my daggy ADSL, would like to see comparison with regular dial up (for a column, so really work related, too).
robo.
robo (205)
166152 2003-08-08 04:19:00 Oh bugger, forgot to mention from the time you hit enter to when it stops loading (when the bar at the bottom is done).

Would be kind of interesting to hear if they loaded faster with ad blockers running.
robo.
robo (205)
166153 2003-08-08 04:30:00 Without ad blockers - ADSL JetStream Starter ISP: Quicksilver
IE 5.5 SP (3:08 - 3: 11 pm)

www.pressf1.co.nz- 11 sec

trademe.co.nz - 9 sec

nzoom.com - 10 sec

Look which site is the slow one :D

Hope this helps
stu140103 (137)
166154 2003-08-08 04:34:00 oops I meant to add

OS: Win ME

On a LAN computer.
stu140103 (137)
166155 2003-08-08 05:32:00 PF1 8s
NZoom.com 4s
Trademe 3s

From dedicated link from work (admittedly work blocks all ads :))

Unfortunately I have no idea of the speed of the connection here at work. I'll post my dial-up times when I get home.

Mike.
Mike (15)
166156 2003-08-08 05:33:00 > PF1 8s

I should probably add that I display 100 posts on PressF1 - it'll load faster if I only viewed 15 :)

Mike.
Mike (15)
166157 2003-08-08 05:36:00 robo- are you testing with cache on or off as this will make a huge difference. tweak'e (174)
166158 2003-08-08 05:41:00 > > PF1 8s
>
> I should probably add that I display 100 posts on
> PressF1 - it'll load faster if I only viewed 15 :)

oops
I also should add that I display Topics per page: 15
Messages per topic listing: 30 on PressF1
stu140103 (137)
166159 2003-08-08 06:43:00 I tested on machines that didn't have anything in cache.

I also did 100 topics on F1 on one and 15 on the other (OOPS, DOH!).
robo.
robo (205)
166160 2003-08-08 06:59:00 > PF1 8s
> NZoom.com 4s
> Trademe 3s
>
> From dedicated link from work (admittedly work blocks
> all ads :))
>
> Unfortunately I have no idea of the speed of the
> connection here at work. I'll post my dial-up times
> when I get home.
>
> Mike.

Connected at home (my connection status says 48.0k through Clear.Net dialup).

66s for PressF1 with no ads (I can't be bothered turning off the ad-blocker AND changing the HOSTS file (which appears to block more ads than the ad-blocker does). However if I don't clear my cache first it loads in 22s (with up to date content).

54s for NZoom.Com (tooks AGES to get all the large images, the rest of the site was there quite quickly)

24s for Trademe.

Mike.
Mike (15)
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