Off Topic - How long does it take you to read this web data page hosted in SA?
 

Hi All

A favour please . . . .

Another project that I am involved in has data hosted on a South African mssql server and from here it accesses very quickly. But, I need to demo it in Malaysia soon and I am curious to hear how long it takes people outside SA to access the data page?

Could you tell me how long it takes to:

- go to http://www.liftlogger.co.za/liftlogg...ionreport.aspx

- click on 2003

- click on 6 March

- click on Display Report button

- wait for Google map to load with markers?

Thanks!

Hi Gerald,

25 seconds here in Chicago USA. Using 15mb connection.

Thanks Greg, 25 secs would be tolerable for a demo.

click in display report and wait 10 to 15 sec. to load markers and text data.

6mb from spain.

From here in Somerville, MA, USA on a 20Mbps connection, it was 10 seconds for the initial page load, and then 5 seconds for the map update after the three inputs.

Gerald,

It took 26 seconds on a 500 K bit DSL line.

Thanks everyone.

I wonder if guys from Asia can test it during normal business hours?

Hi Gerald,

I got 31 seconds in Taiwan so that should be pretty close to what you will see in Malaysia. I did the test at 1:22 PM Taiwan Time on a Monday.

Thanks David. South Africa is only starting to get to work now, and in about 2 hours time we should be up to full speed, putting max pressure on our local infrastructure. Could you try a bit later and see if there is a significant difference?

(For the record, from here it takes about 8 seconds altogether, with a max of 4 seconds after hitting the "Display Report" button. Should this service be made available in Malaysia, it will be hosted there)

Ohio, USA 2am in the morning (GMT -5) = 3 seconds to load

16 seconds in the mountains of California @2:30am. Wireless DSL

12 seconds all the way to here in Australia. Not peek time and also a public holiday, but a test none the same.

:)

10 sec Manitoba Canada

Three seconds here in Tx. The mech site has been consistently fast for me.

Gerald it took about 10 seconds in Ontario, Canada 9 am

about 30 secs using a cellular modem

I am astounded at the relatively "good" speeds most of you are getting, South Africa's connections to the outside world have obviously improved a lot. Until quite recently it was a pain for me to retrieve my SA e-mail while I was far outside the country.

Thanks for everyone that looked at this link, I have more than enough feedback now! :)

pretty fast here in Argentina too, 2nd time was faster than 1st one, so you may want feed your pc cache before the live demo :)


Pablo

Yesterday, after 10 minutes, I closed the link, no map. Today it loaded in about 3 seconds.

From opening the link in a new window to getting the map = +/- 30-31 sec.
Cable, reg. hi-speed, early this morning ( 6h10 ). Montreal, Canada ;0)

Hi Gerald,

I've tried several times and here are the average results from Taiwan at peak times.

Loading main page:..........8 seconds
After clicking on 2003:......4 seconds
After clicking on March 6:..3 seconds
After clicking on Report:....7 seconds

Good luck!

Just some feedback . . .

In some locations I had good responses last week. But I had big problems with WiFi networks at the companies where I did the demo's. Their WiFi was painfully slow. I resorted to plugging my own LAN-ethernet cable into any point I found under their conference tables! :)

Gerald, it took a full minute here for the full process. Opening the liftlogger website itself took almost 40 seconds. I don't have the fastest DSL service around (T1 down, 800+ up), but most sites open in about five seconds.