First Run Long TTFB, Second Run Much Faster

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(12-06-2014 12:44 AM)josephscott Wrote:  That TTFB is definitely slow. As to the question of will HostGator fix it, only HostGator can truly answer that question.

Thanks for your response joseph.

Having researched a bit more about the HostGator/EIG business strategy, I moved the structuredfoundationrepairshouston.com domain to SITE5 cloud-based reseller hosting.

Without any changes to the website, and without the CloudFlare CDN used on the old HostGator host account, structuredfoundationrepairshouston.com reduced its homepage load time by 70%! (4.97sec vs 1.49sec)

Here is the latest wpt.org run:
http://www.webpagetest.org/result/141205_DT_YH9/

Regarding the "mod_rewrite" setting, I have tried to implement this as you suggest but have not yet succeeded. I get "500" server errors. Clearly it is pilot error on my part and I will keep trying to make it work.

Still, consistent load times under 1.5 secs (one-and-one-half seconds) for Cable 5/1 shaping is easy for me to live with.

I'll be experimenting with CloudFlare to see if that will further reduce the load times.

Thanks again for your help!
Dennis