How to benchmark a host before you ever pay them
Myth: "blazing-fast servers." Fast on the demo, dial-up on your account.
— Find a real customer site on that host (use BuiltWith or a reverse-IP lookup).
— Run curl -w "%{time_starttransfer}\n" -o /dev/null -s against it 10 times from your actual region.
— Test from 3 geographies, not just their datacenter's city.
— TTFB over 600ms on a cached page = a tired box, no CDN saves that.
— Check the same IP for 50 other domains via reverse-IP. Crowded neighbor.
Reality: the only honest benchmark is a server you don't control.
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How to benchmark a host before you ever pay them
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