Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Why Mobile Web Performance is so hard to test accurately

Two tests – back to back, same web site, same device. On one, Google.com loads 2.12 seconds, on the other 10.08 seconds.

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Now let’s test it on Sprints Network, in Denver Co. (Note different device, but it shouldn’t make that much difference).

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So I would say that tests 2 and 3 are closer to being accurate. I’ve never seen Google.com download to a Mobile device in 2 seconds.

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