My site is fast.... internally. How can I test it externally?

[deco10]

My site loads really quick when I'm on this side of the server. On the outside it loads slow, but I have no way of testing that from the office.

Is there a service or something I can use that will give me an idea of how long its taking the page to render, speeds, etc?

Thanks!

[David Harrison]

Check it with this, it will tell you download speeds on various connections and point out areas where you can improve:
http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/

[svidgen]

My assumption is that you're just stuck behind some low upstream bandwidth. Try a simple speed test: http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest?java=1

You'll want to consider your upstream bandwidth and your site min/average/max payload per page. You can use something like YSlow (or possibly just Google Chrome) to get payload values for various pages.

[svidgen]

Check it with this, it will tell you download speeds on various connections and point out areas where you can improve:
http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/

Hmmm ... kind of like YSlow ... But, allows for an external perspective [for folks developing locally].

Neat.