---
title: "Why Is My Website Slow From India to a US GoDaddy Server Despite Low Ping?"  
description: "Why Is My Website Slow From India to a US GoDaddy Server Despite Low Ping?"  
author: "Manish Kumar"  
published: 2026-08-17  
updated: 2026-08-17  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/117067/why-is-my-website-slow-from-india-to-a-us-godaddy-server-despite-low-ping  
category: "application"  
tags: ["https", "application testing"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Why Is My Website Slow From India to a US GoDaddy Server Despite Low Ping?

I’m trying to understand a performance issue with my website, **mindstick.com**, which is hosted on GoDaddy.

When I test the server from India using PowerShell, the **ping/ICMP response time looks reasonable**, but when I make an actual HTTPS request and transfer webpage data, the response takes more than 2 seconds.

For example, using `curl.exe`:

```plaintext
curl.exe -o NUL -s -w "DNS: %{time_namelookup}s`nConnect: %{time_connect}s`nTLS: %{time_appconnect}s`nTTFB: %{time_starttransfer}s`nTotal: %{time_total}s`nDownloaded: %{size_download} bytes`n" https://www.mindstick.com/
```

## Result :

First test gave

```plaintext
DNS: 0.014774s
Connect: 0.100862s
TLS: 1.399783s
TTFB: 2.326442s
Total: 2.644348s
Downloaded: 101365 bytes
```

Second test gave:

```plaintext
DNS: 0.008977s
Connect: 0.257983s
TLS: 0.786251s
TTFB: 1.852974s
Total: 2.507750s
Downloaded: 101365 bytes
```

What confuses me is that the basic network latency seems much lower than the actual HTTP response time.

The page is only around **101 KB**, so I don't think the actual data transfer size should cause a delay of 2–3 seconds.

My questions are:

- Why is the **TLS/HTTPS connection taking around 0.8–1.4 seconds**?
- Why is the **TTFB around 1.8–2.3 seconds** when the network connection itself appears much faster?
- Could this be caused by **GoDaddy hosting, SSL/TLS configuration, WAF/CDN, or the application/server itself**?
- How can I determine whether the extra delay is coming from **India → US network latency or my web server/application**?
- What tools or tests would you recommend for diagnosing this problem?
- Could **ASP.NET/application startup, database queries, external API calls, or server resources** be responsible for the high TTFB?

I would appreciate any advice from people experienced with **GoDaddy hosting, US-to-India latency, HTTPS/TLS performance, and web server optimization**.

I’m particularly interested in understanding **why ping is fast while the actual HTTPS request takes 2.5+ seconds** and how I can identify the exact bottleneck.


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