evildan
Super Moderator
I have recently started a job where I need to provide some statistical data to my boss. Mainly download times of key HTML pages on our website.
I realize there are websites out there, which will breakdown the total time of download on various simulated connection speeds, but I'm looking for a way to slow my browser down to demostrate what dial-up users will experience firsthand.
I've found that saying 30 second load time to people who use a T1 all day really doesn't hit home. They frequently say "that's fine" or "that's not too long for our customers to wait."
We have recently discovered that less then 13% of internet consumers are using broadband. And although next year that number is expected to double, that's still less then 1/3 of those consumers who buy online. Giving a manager a number no longer seems to effectively illustrate the need to optimize our pages. So actually showing them a slow loading page would be more effective, in my opinion.
I, of course, would need to toggle this 'slow down' on and off and possibly include other bandwidth options (56K, 4Mps Cable, DSL, T1, T3, etc...) so we can conduct our own tests.
Anyone know of such a tool I could purchase or download?
I realize there are websites out there, which will breakdown the total time of download on various simulated connection speeds, but I'm looking for a way to slow my browser down to demostrate what dial-up users will experience firsthand.
I've found that saying 30 second load time to people who use a T1 all day really doesn't hit home. They frequently say "that's fine" or "that's not too long for our customers to wait."
We have recently discovered that less then 13% of internet consumers are using broadband. And although next year that number is expected to double, that's still less then 1/3 of those consumers who buy online. Giving a manager a number no longer seems to effectively illustrate the need to optimize our pages. So actually showing them a slow loading page would be more effective, in my opinion.
I, of course, would need to toggle this 'slow down' on and off and possibly include other bandwidth options (56K, 4Mps Cable, DSL, T1, T3, etc...) so we can conduct our own tests.
Anyone know of such a tool I could purchase or download?
