[thelist] Slowing Down a Connection

[Norman Bunn]

This is the crux of my original post.  When I upgrade to a DSL line/cable
modem, I would like to be able to slow the connection speed in some way to
test the site in the real world (the basic page + includes + CGI + DB +
whatever) [Netmechanic came the close to this with their free service, but
it is limited and now they are starting to reduce the capabilities and push
you towards the "for fee" line].  It would also be nice to see the loading
sequence at certain speeds to make sure the important stuff that should be
loading first was and at a reasonable rate.

The Web Optimizer at www.xat.com that Philippe notes seems close to the
mark, but then I have to pay $99 plus set up and maintain another web
server.  Anyone have experience with this?  Is it worth it?

Norman
www.craftedsolutions.com

----- Original Message -----
From: <martin.p.burns at uk.pwcglobal.com>
>
> Evaluating basic includes would be good, but not the final solution.
> You'd also need to evaluate exec type includes, not only for data
> transmission, but also for execution time. Oh, and XSSI commands too.
>
> They're very fast, but if you've got lots of conditional XSSI, then you
> could seriously mislead a simple character counter (ie the file has
> 30k of code, but only 10k goes to the browser)
>
> Cheers
> Martin
>