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?
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
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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