Understanding bufferbloat and the network buffer arms race

If a little salt makes food taste better, then a lot must make it taste great, right? This logic is often applied in the digital domain, too. (My pet peeve is that TV shows and DVDs keep getting darker and darker.) In a similar vein, networks used to buffer a little data, but these buffers have been getting larger and larger and are now getting so big they are actually reducing performance.

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Understanding bufferbloat and the network buffer arms race

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