time for the annual Internet Speed Quest

[Derek Atkins]

David Rysdam <david at rysdam.org> writes:

> Susan Cragin <susancragin at earthlink.net> writes:
>> I find that latency is a bigger issue than I thought, especially when
>> watching real-time video like the Red Sox games.
>
> This is one of the many reasons I don't watch streaming video, other
> than YT.
>
> Basically, I have 3-4 computers (distributed among 7 people) all using
> the internet at once and it's a frequent case that 2 or more of them are
> trying to DL something large at the same time.

That sounds more like a bufferbloat problem than a "latency" issue.

-derek
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