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Local SA hosting vs overseas edge hosting for managed it, fibre websites in Stellenbosch?

When deploying websites for South African managed it, fibre 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?

Palesa Motaung◆ 83asked 29 AugShown to 15 businesses that do this work

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    Willem Bester◆ 135Trusted voiceon Bookkeeping Services29 Aug
    Agree with @sipho_ndlovu_logistics. 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. Sipho Ndlovu◆ 78Trusted voiceon Web Design29 Aug
    @palesa_motaung 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. Chantal van Wyk◆ 68Trusted voiceon Web Design29 Aug
    Spot on @sipho_ndlovu_logistics and @willem_bester_sa. 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. Bianca Ferreira◆ 53Trusted voiceon Bookkeeping Services29 Aug
    @sipho_ndlovu_logistics and @palesa_motaung we implemented this exact setup in Stellenbosch last quarter and it cut our monthly admin and reconciliation time in half.
  5. Palesa Motaung◆ 83Trusted voiceon Web Design30 Aug
    Great breakdown @sipho_ndlovu_logistics and @willem_bester_sa, keeping the origin and DB local in SA has already cut our TTFB by more than 140ms.

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