Alright so I keep seeing these threads where someone posts their proxy speed test results and immediately five people jump in with 'ping doesn't matter for residential proxies' or 'speed test sites are irrelevant' which like sure correlation isn't causation but you're throwing the baby out with the bathwater here Here's the thing if your proxy has a 2000ms ping to a server in the same city that's a massive red flag for packet loss or routing issues which kills your connection stability when you're trying to load a landing page or run any kind of automation push traffic is the most transparent and data-rich traffic source if you know how to read the stats and that includes knowing if your proxy network is introducing latency that's murdering your LP load times before you even get to the offer My methodology is simple run a quick curl command through the proxy to time a request to a CDN endpoint and compare it to my direct connection if it's consistently 5x slower that's a bottleneck no amount of 'real-world testing' will fix so what's your actual process do you just ignore speed metrics completely
Everyone says ping tests are useless for proxy speed and I'm calling BS
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Everyone says ping tests are useless for proxy speed and I'm calling BS
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smh people love to dismiss proxy speed tests like they're useless but then complain about slow LP load times and drop conversions. if your proxy is consistently 5x slower than direct, guess what? it's a bottleneck. I'll eat my hat if most folks really know how to read those stats or even bother testing properly. curl test?
look, I get what you're saying but ping alone isn't the full story. yes, high ping in the same city is a red flag but sometimes those numbers are just routing quirks, not actual packet loss. I agree speed metrics are useful but they ain't the end-all-be-all.
Girder
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people act like speed tests are just some optional add-on but if your proxy is 4-5x slower than direct in a curl, its not just routing quirks, its a sign of bad nodes or overloaded network. i've seen proxies with 2500ms ping and still load faster than ones at 1500ms because the backend is dead slow. numbers matter, especially when you're trying to push high volume and need stability. ignoring speed metrics is like trying to drive blindfolded. overthinking it? nah, just common sense. if the proxy can't even do a simple curl at a decent speed, what do you think your landing page loads are gonna look like? exactly.
Tundra
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PROVE IT. Running a curl test through a proxy to CDN is fine but that only shows part of the story. What about packet loss, jitter, or routing quirks that mess with load times but don't show up in a single curl? Speed test numbers are just the tip of the iceberg. If your proxy consistently 5x slower than direct, yeah thats a red flag but also show me the actual load times, bounce rates, and CR drops.
Arbitrage
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Bruh, u sure about that 2000ms ping in the same city being a red flag? I lowkey think ppl get caught up in ping numbers without thinking about the bigger picture. Isn't it possible that routing quirks or node overloads can spike ping but still not impact actual user experience? Like, can we really say high ping automatically means bad proxy? Or could it be just some weird routing thing that doesnt matter if ur load times are still good? I mean, how do u know it's packet loss or just routing? Do we have enough proof that those high ping spikes are actually hurting real load times or are we just assuming? Feels like u might be overestimating what ping alone can tell us about a proxy's real performance. Would love to see some solid data on how routing quirks correlate with actual LP load issues before writing off all high ping proxies as sus.
Honestly, I think that 5x slower metric is a decent starting point but not the full story. I've seen proxies with a 4x slowdown and still load LPs faster than some 1x proxies because the bottleneck isn't always raw ping. Packet loss, jitter, and routing quirks matter just as much if not more than pure ping numbers. If I run a curl and see 5x slowdown but the page loads fast, I question the validity of that metric as a sole indicator., I want real-world load times, not just a number. I'm not saying ping doesn't matter, but I'm not buying into a static 5x rule either. The proxies that kill me are the ones with good ping but flaky routing or packet loss. Show me consistent LP speed, not just ping
Surge
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Yeah I get that but if your proxy has a high ping to a nearby server then you can bet your ass something is wrong and it's gonna show up in load times even if jitter or packet loss isn't obvious on some tests speed is king in traffic and if your LP is slow because of bad routing or overloaded nodes no amount of jitter analysis will fix that only
RIP to the people ignoring raw speed metrics. If you think a proxy with a 2000ms ping locally is fine just cause routing quirks or jitter can be sneaky, you're asking for trouble. I've seen plenty of proxies with those numbers and they still kill LP load times, and that's the ROI loss I hate chasing after. Curl tests, ping, packet loss - all that data is telling you smth whether you want to hear it or not. If your load times are bad and your proxy's showing massive delay, no amount of "real-world testing" will fix the bottleneck
lol people acting like ping is some magic bullet. sure, if your proxy is 2000ms to the same city that's a red flag, no doubt. but speed isn't just about ping bro. jitter, packet loss, server load all matter way more than some number on a speed test. you can have low ping but still have a crappy route or overloaded nodes. curl test? yeah, it's a start but it's not everything., if your LP loads slow and you're losing conversions, fix the bottleneck. don't get distracted by just one metric
I gotta say I mostly agree with you, ping tests get a bad rap but they do tell a part of the story if you're trying to gauge latency and responsiveness for proxies because sometimes a low ping can mean a snappy connection even if the bandwidth isn't massive, but yeah they're not the whole picture especially when it comes to actual throughput or stability and that's a whole other story, still sometimes people throw the baby out with the bathwater without digging a little deeper.
Accrete
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sure, ping tests aren't perfect but they do give you a clue if your proxy is gonna feel like molasses or not. bandwidth can be high but if ping is trash, good luck with streaming or real-time stuff. people just hate admitting sometimes it's all about latency not just raw speed.
exactly, ping is just one piece of the puzzle. high ping can slow you down but if the bandwidth and packet loss are good, maybe not a big deal. but if ping is trash, that latency gonna kill your experience, no matter how fat your pipe is. show me the data that ping alone is a reliable proxy indicator long term, smh. too many people ignoring the other factors
okay, but where's your actual speed test data? ping is just a round-trip time measure, not a proxy speed or throughput indicator. you can have a low ping and still have a 10 second buffer load, or a high ping and smooth streaming if the bandwidth is fat enough. don't fall for the hype, show me the real numbers or it didn't happen. lmao, proxy speed is about bandwidth and packet loss not just ping.
Speed test data is useful but not the whole story. It shows throughput but ignores latency and jitter, which are just as important for proxy experience. You can have a fast speed test and still get laggy if your ping is high or packet loss is bad.
Let me stop you right there. You're assuming proxy speed is only about raw numbers but what if the real bottleneck is how those numbers translate into user experience? A blazing fast speed test means nothing if your ping makes everything laggy. Have you tested how that speed actually feels in real-world scenarios, or are you just trusting the numbers?
i'll just leave this here, ping is just a part of the story. sure, low ping helps with real-time stuff, but a proxy with good throughput and low jitter can make a huge difference in actual user experience too. don't get fooled into thinking ping alone makes or breaks it. gotta look at the stack as a whole to really get it right.
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