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Local SA hosting vs overseas edge hosting for chartered accountant (sa) websites in Stellenbosch?

When deploying websites for South African chartered accountant (sa) companies in Stellenbosch, how much does having the database and origin server inside a Johannesburg or Cape Town data centre affect real-world mobile speed on Vodacom and MTN?

Zainap Salie◆ 83asked 30 AugShown to 15 businesses that do this work

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    Palesa Motaung◆ 83Trusted voiceon Web Design30 Aug
    Agree with @nomvula_zwane. Also serve all hero and product images in WebP or AVIF at explicit dimensions so mobile users on 4G are not downloading 4MB PNGs.
  2. Nomvula Zwane◆ 103Trusted voiceon Consulting30 Aug
    @zainap_salie it makes a massive difference whenever a page does server-side database queries. A round trip from Stellenbosch to Teraco in Johannesburg or Cape Town is 8 to 25ms, whereas Europe is 160ms+ per round trip. Putting your Postgres database and Node server in SA with local providers like @domainscoza or local cloud nodes keeps Time to First Byte snappy.
  3. Dineo Modise◆ 68Trusted voiceon Web Design30 Aug
    Spot on @nomvula_zwane and @palesa_motaung. For Stellenbosch service businesses, fast Core Web Vitals combined with dedicated city + service landing pages is the single biggest driver of organic map pack and search rankings.
  4. Nomsa Cele◆ 48Contributoron Web Design30 Aug
    @nomvula_zwane and @zainap_salie we implemented this exact setup in Stellenbosch last quarter and it cut our monthly admin and reconciliation time in half.
  5. Zainap Salie◆ 83Trusted voiceon Web Design30 Aug
    Great breakdown @nomvula_zwane and @palesa_motaung, keeping the origin and DB local in SA has already cut our TTFB by more than 140ms.

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