Web Socket latency tests in Firefox, Chrome and IE9 & Android Webkit
Testing Web Socket.IO(Learnboost) on NodeJS latency
Results: Latency in MS – All results minus mobile taken from same ISP. These aren’t concrete but should make a decent reference point
chrome w/ ws = 30 ff w/ xhr multipart = 60 ff w/ websocket = 30 ie w/ htmlfile= 120 android phone webkit w/ xhr polling on wifi = 200 android phone webkit w/ xhr polling on mobile phone network = N/A