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jeblad at gmail

Aug 9, 2013, 11:10 PM

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Wikimedia sites and limited bandwidth connections

Once in a while my mobile data connection hits the limit and then goes
into a 64kb/s mode. When that happen pages can't be delivered (or are
delivered with a very long delay) with the HTTP protocol, but the
HTTPS keeps going.

Anyone with an idea what goes on and why HTTPS seems to work while
HTTP don't? And does the same thing happen to other users while they
are on a slow connection?

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z at mzmcbride

Aug 10, 2013, 2:05 PM

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Re: Wikimedia sites and limited bandwidth connections [In reply to]

John Erling Blad wrote:
>Once in a while my mobile data connection hits the limit and then goes
>into a 64kb/s mode. When that happen pages can't be delivered (or are
>delivered with a very long delay) with the HTTP protocol, but the
>HTTPS keeps going.
>
>Anyone with an idea what goes on and why HTTPS seems to work while
>HTTP don't?

No idea. It sounds as though your mobile data provider is only counting
HTTP traffic and not HTTPS traffic, which, from a user's perspective,
sounds like a feature, not a bug. ;-)

MZMcBride

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nemowiki at gmail

Aug 10, 2013, 10:47 PM

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Re: Wikimedia sites and limited bandwidth connections [In reply to]

You should test with tc. :)
http://lartc.org/manpages/tc.html
We definitely need more info on these scenarios, we don't know anything
on the effects of our software development on people without broadband.

Nemo

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