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# Performance

How hosting choices change load time, TTFB and Core Web Vitals, with numbers from our own test sites.

[Performance](https://hostidea.com/blog/category/performance) · Oct 13, 2026 · 3 min read

## [What a CDN does for a small website, and when you do not need one](https://hostidea.com/blog/what-a-cdn-does)

What a content delivery network caches, why it helps visitors far from your server, what it cannot speed up, and which hosts include one.

[Performance](https://hostidea.com/blog/category/performance) · Oct 13, 2026 · 3 min read

## [What TTFB measures, and what a hosting TTFB number actually tells you](https://hostidea.com/blog/what-ttfb-measures)

Time to first byte explained: what is inside the number, why the same host scores 227 ms in one review and 447 ms in another, and what threshold matters.