You should always test your websites and applications on a low bandwidth connection, but few people take the time. Many people don’t know how to simulate simulate low bandwidth or think it’s hard to set up.
Facebook Slows the Internet for Staffers on ’2G Tuesdays’
Facebook is offering its employees a chance to slow down – but only for an hour.
The social network on Tuesday launched “2G Tuesdays” to let its staffers experience the social network as if on a 2G connection. The idea is to simulate the experience of Facebook users in regions with sluggish networks – a major area of growth for Facebook – who might use the site differently.
However, the experience is so onerous that Facebook only subjects its employees to slow speed internet for an hour. And the program is optional.
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