Network performance update: Security Week 2024

Cloudflare has been sharing benchmarking results since June 2021 to compare its network performance with other networks. As of February 15, 2024, Cloudflare was the fastest provider for 95th percentile TCP Connection Time in 44% of networks and within 2 ms or 5% of the fastest provider for 10% of the networks measured. The company uses Real User Measurements (RUM) to collect data on various performance metrics, such as TCP Connection Time, Time to First Byte (TTFB), and Time to Last Byte (TTLB). One reason behind Cloudflare's faster connectivity is its adoption and usage of HTTP/3, which allows for faster connection setup times. The company plans to continue identifying areas where it can improve and share updates on its journey to become the fastest network worldwide.