[173086] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Net Neutrality...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brett Glass)
Tue Jul 15 16:48:44 2014
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Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 14:48:19 -0600
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From: Brett Glass <nanog@brettglass.com>
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At 02:16 PM 7/15/2014, Joly MacFie wrote:
>And, in my experience, one needs around double or more of the listed bandwidth for a robust streaming connection.
This is only true if the connection is of poor quality and dropped packets lead to regular 50% cuts in the data rate. Most users (and the FCC!) do not understand that, due to the Van Jacobson AIMD algorithm, quality matters far more than quantity when a service is delivered via TCP.
--Brett Glass
