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communication:bandwidth_conservation [2017/06/03 22:56] frater_secessus [web frugality] |
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====== Bandwidth conservation ====== | ====== Bandwidth conservation ====== | ||
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+ | As with drinking water, power, food, and waste tanks, ' | ||
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+ | * cost - on metered or capped plans going over can be expensive | ||
+ | * availability - sometimes the connection is sketchy or has too many users for the size of the pipe. | ||
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The traditional way mobile sites were/are denoted was with the prefix " | The traditional way mobile sites were/are denoted was with the prefix " | ||
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=== compression proxies === | === compression proxies === | ||
- | A compression proxy runs between you and the internet and optimizes / compresses web content to save bandwidth. | + | A compression proxy runs between you and the internet and optimizes / compresses web content to save bandwidth. |
Note: **HTTPS (encrypted) traffic cannot be optimized** by third parties because it is encrypted and the proxy can't see what it is. | Note: **HTTPS (encrypted) traffic cannot be optimized** by third parties because it is encrypted and the proxy can't see what it is. | ||
- | [[http:// | + | [[http:// |
- | If you are technically minded and have a server somewhere you can run your own compression proxy using freeware like ziproxy. | + | If you are technically minded and have a server somewhere you can run your own compression proxy using freeware like ziproxy. |
+ | The [[https:// | ||
+ | A german ISP runs [[https:// | ||
==== email frugality ==== | ==== email frugality ==== | ||
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Pulling down audio only when possible can save 90% or more bandwidth. | Pulling down audio only when possible can save 90% or more bandwidth. | ||
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+ | If you need both audio and video, those pieces can be pulled down separately and combined for absolute smallest filesize: | ||
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==== android ==== | ==== android ==== | ||