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Re: IPv6 foot-dragging


From: Joel Jaeggli <joelja () bogus com>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 11:48:53 -0700

 On 5/11/11 11:39 AM, George Bonser wrote:
It depends.  There are other things to take into account.  If you
increase the time it takes a mobile device to complete a transaction by
only a couple of seconds,  if you multiply those couple of seconds by
all of the users in a large metro area, you end up with devices
increased use of network resources (and increased battery drain on the
devices themselves).  Anything that can be done to speed transactions up
and get those transmitters shut off as quickly as possible is a win.  If
you don't have a lot of mobile clients hitting your site, then maybe
that isn't a problem.  Every network has their own set of resources and
their own set of challenges and all of that has to fit within the
network architecture they have deployed and their business model.

So in our environment reducing the load time on an application by a
couple seconds nets out to several human lifetimes a month, so people
count seconds and fractions of seconds like they're precious.

Basically, there is no "magic bullet".

indeed, it has to be applied systemically.






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