The following is a technical post written by Ian Applegate (@AppealingTea), a member of our Systems Engineering team, on how to optimize the Linux TCP stack for mobile connections. The article was originally published as part of the 2012 Web Performance Calendar. At CloudFlare, we spend a significant amount of
Why mobile performance is difficult
Mobile web browsing is very different, at the network level, to browsing on a desktop machine connected to the Internet. Yet both use the very same protocols, and although TCP was designed to perform well on the fixed-line Internet, it doesn't perform as well on mobile networks. This
The bandwidth of a Boeing 747 and its impact on web browsing
(Image credit: markyharky) This is the first in a series of posts looking at what makes the web slow and what to do about it. Suppose you needed to transfer 1TB of data (perhaps your home movie collection) from San Francisco to London. What would be the fastest route? Put
Mobile Web Performance: Optimizing TCP Congestion Control Algorithms
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is one of the primary protocols of the Internet. When you request a web page, the server responds with the data that makes up that page. The data is subdivided into discrete packets of data as they are sent across the Internet from the server back
Stayin' Alive
We've been making a lot of improvements deep within CloudFlare that you'll start to see the benefits of over the coming weeks. As the changes graduate from our tests to full production, we'll try and give you a sense of what they are and