Firebase Storage very slow to respond

Question

The time to download an image from firebase storage: 2.59s

Is there any way to speed this up to a decent time, or is firebase storage unusable for small files (images/thumbs)?

My project:

https://beach-real-estate.vercel.app/

update---

my firestone rules:

rules_version = '2';
service cloud.firestore {
  match /databases/{database}/documents {
    // Listings
    match /listings/{listing} {
        allow read;
      allow create: if request.auth != null && request.resource.data.imgUrls.size() < 7;
        allow delete: if resource.data.user == request.auth.uid;
      allow update: if resource.data.user == request.auth.uid;
    }
   
    // Users
    match /users/{user} {
        allow read;
        allow create;
        allow update: if request.auth.uid == user
    }
  }
}

Answer 1

Where did you choose for the firebase server location? It might just be lag? I've never experienced load times like that using firebase, unless it was for large files.

Answer 2

Firebase storage is basically a bucket within GCP. If you want to have faster download times, you should make your files publicly available.

If you need a guide for that, use this

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