You’ve already heard that Google Fiber is rolling out to nearly three dozen new cities by the end of 2014. And you’ve probably already read how Google Fiber has caused Time Warner to preemptively step up their bandwidth speeds in select markets. Isn’t competition great? Gigabit speeds for all! And therein lies the problem:
In order to download stuff at gigabit speeds, your web host needs to be capable of pushing it out at multi-gigabit speeds. And a lot of hosts — especially the cheap ones — aren’t.
The average peak speed of a home broadband connection here in the US as of 2013 is 37 megabits per second. Google Fiber clocks in with a peak speed of 1000 megabits per second — more than 27 times faster. But what happens when your web host is only serving up pages at one percent of that speed? 10 megabits is a pretty common speed limit among web hosts, and depending on your web host, there’s a good chance you aren’t even moving THAT fast.
So what can you do about it?
For starters, find out how fast your web host is serving up your content. Ask them. This is a very straightforward question that any host will be able to answer easily: “What is my website’s peak connection speed, and how is my connection throttled?” If your host gives you a vague answer or doesn’t clearly and concisely explain their bandwidth policies, it’s time to start shopping around.
But that’s only part of the story. Your web host’s network plays a critical role in how fast content gets out. After all, having a gigabit port on a slow network is like having a Bugatti Veyron on a single-lane mud road. Here’s why our network rocks:
Of course, there are lots of factors that determine how quickly your website will load. If your site is poorly designed or not optimized, the fastest host on the planet won’t help much. If your web host is using outdated servers, hooking up a faster network won’t help (though some hosts have tried). And if your server is overloaded or overcrowded, you’re going to have a lot more problems than just poor performance.
Google Fiber is an awesome and much-needed service. It brings unbelievably fast Internet to lots of unbelievably happy people. And that’s a great thing. But the flip side to this is that if your website is sluggish or unreliable, services like Google Fiber are going to make it stick out like a sore thumb.
Seriously: ask your web host about their network. If you think your website is sluggish or underperforming, take us for a spin. I’m so confident that our accelerated web hosting is the fastest web hosting you’ve ever used that if you aren’t convinced within 14 days, I’ll personally and immediately refund 100% of your payment.
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