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How to Calculate and Speed-Up the Download Time of Your Web

By: Herman Drost

Have you ever experienced the frustration of waiting for a web
site to download, then giving up and moving on to another? This
is because most web users lose their attention after 10 seconds.
If your site takes longer than this to load, you will be losing
many visitors. This means that the web designer must use images
sparingly and choose file formats carefully.

How to Calculate Download Time
1. Check the size of the HTML file and any associated images,
files or programs. You can do this by right clicking on the file
or image and reading its properties. For example, you may have a
page that consists of 10 files, for a total of 84 kilobytes (KB).
For a more extensive explanation for calculating file sizes,
see my previous article - "How Much Hosting Space Do You Need?"
(www.isitebuild.com/hostingspace.htm).

2. Determine the speed of your network connection. Some of the
more common speeds are: 14.4 Kbps (kilobits per second) - slow
modem speed 28.8 Kbps - typical modem speed for some users. 56
Kbps - typical modem speed for most users with a dial-up
connection. 1.544 Mbps (million bits per second) - full T1,
enterprise grade network line (equivalent of 24 phone circuits).

3. For this example, we will use 56 kilobits per second (Kbps).
The connection speed and file size must be converted to a common
unit of measure for division: either bytes or bits. Remember
that 1 byte equals 8 bits. The connection speed is already
defined in bits: 56 kilobits = 56,000 bits. To convert the file
size to bits, you should first convert it to bytes (84 kilobytes
= 84,000 bytes). Then convert the bytes to bits by multiplying
84,000 by 8 (1 byte = 8 bits), which results in 672,000 bits.

Divide the file size (672,000 bits) by the connection speed
(56,000 bits per second). The bits cancel out, and the results
is 12 seconds. This is the amount of time it will theoretically
take to download the Web page.

Remember that the figure derived from these four steps, is a
theoretical measurement. It does not consider certain factors,
such as the fact that 56 Kbps modems rarely operate above 50
Kbps. Nor does it consider network overhead, such as noisy phone
lines, or network congestion.

Therefore the best way to determine how quickly users can
download your web sites pages, is to test them in a real-world
setting. For example, test your web site by accessing it through
a dial-up (i.e., telephone) connection. That method will give
you a much more reliable estimate.

Factors that Affect the Download Time of Your Site
1. Optimizing Images - this refers to the process of striking a
balance between file size and image quality. Your images should
not be too large or have too many on your web site. This will cause
your pages too long to come up in the users browser and they'll
lose their patience.

Of course, if you images are too poor (too small, or with too
low of a resolution), your site will be unattractive and it
won't matter how quickly the site loads. You need to seek the
perfect bala....[MORE]