New Network Fallacies - Web Performance Consulting

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I remember reading articles about how 3G connectivity was going to transform performance and, more generally, the way we used the internet altogether.I remember how, later on, a common question I would get in after giving performance-focused presentations was: “Is any of this going to matter when 4G is available?”The fallacy of networks, or new devices for that matter, fixing our performance woes is old and repetitive.To be fair, each new generation of network connectivity does bring some level of change and transformation to how we interact with the internet. But it does so slowly, unevenly, and in ways that maybe aren’t what we originally envisioned.It takes time, money and significant other resources to roll out support for a new network. We’re not talking months in most places, but years. Inevitably that means it’s going to hit some of the big market areas first and slowly trickle down to everyone else. I don’t even get to pretend that I’m in a particularly remote area and …