Here is a comparison of Chrome Compression Proxy, Janus Proxy and Opera Turbo/Off-road: http://browsingthenet.blogspot.com/2014/09/chrome-data-compr...

Were these mobile web tests done on on a mobile network?

Edit: the article uses a baseline of "5 Mb/s direct connection", without specifying if that is WiFi or 4G.

The author is using a WiFi connection on his desktop PC.

Scrooge tried holding a copy of Edward Tufte's website in front of some zombies: http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/

LOOK!

Not a thing. They ran neither slower nor faster on the treadmills he'd set up for them.

Give it a second. They're going to space to find out.