Why does a fast network still feel slow?

Briefing

Upgrading from 10Mbps to 100Mbps barely improves page load, but halving latency transforms it. Why is the web latency-bound?

Bandwidth doubled. Nothing got faster. The variable you changed was not the one that mattered.

Laboratory

Networking Lab

Level

SYSTEMS

Estimated time

12 minutes

Method

simulation

Variables under observation

latencybandwidthround tripshead-of-line blockingmultiplexingCDN