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Techrights Should be Even Faster Now

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 31, 2025,

updated Jan 31, 2025

=> Of Note: Linux Foundation Has Already Let Linux.com Rot for About 4 Months (No Activity) | Over at Tux Machines...

=> HTTPS image: team.blue

ONE hour ago the network improvement work was completed (it took 4 hours*). Routing should be better now, reducing latency some more (it's already extremely low in the UK). This matters for IRC, not only Gemini and HTTP/S. We want everything to be responsive and almost immediate. Low latency fetishes aren't just for "gamers". There are practical benefits.

=> network improvement work was completed | it's already extremely low in the UK

Requests can still take a long time from Japan and Atlantic US, but in the EU we're looking at around a tenth of a second to fetch a whole page (the hosting is done in the UK, but the company is EU-based**). To Australia there are many 'underwater' hops, so it can still take a couple of seconds. There's no workaround, not even CDNs would help much (it would not cover IRC).

=> ↺ HTTPS: from Japan | ↺ HTTPS: Atlantic US | ↺ HTTPS: we're looking at around a tenth of a second to fetch a whole page | ↺ HTTPS: company is EU-based | 'underwater' hops | ↺ HTTPS: take a couple of seconds

Anyway, we managed to entirely avoid any downtimes or disruption throughout the maintenance window (for which I woke up at 10PM after only 1.5 hours of sleep).

We're now much better off. █

=> HTTPS: █

• 2AM: "Completed - The scheduled maintenance has been completed."

• • There's no change of host but a merger. I've been with this host since 2004, a happy customer.

=> gemini.techrights.org