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What is buffer bloat and how do old routers contribute, how did new routers fix it? Also I didn’t realize broadcasters can sell their frequencies and it can be

• detaro 9y ago
  1) Buffer bloat is an issue where too-large packet buffers break congestion control in TCP by storing packets that otherwise would be discarded and thus hiding the bandwidth bottleneck from the sender. Can be fixed by adjusting buffer usage appropriately, and mitigated by better control algorithms. 2) They can't just sell their frequencies as they like, but to make more spectrum available for data the FCC organized an auction allowing them to do so.
• scardine 9y ago
  From wikipedia: > Some communications equipment manufacturers designed unnecessarily large buffers into some of their network products. In such equipment, bufferbloat occurs when a network link becomes congested, causing packets to become queued for long periods in these oversized buffers. In a first-in first-out queuing system, overly large buffers result in longer queues and higher latency, and do not improve network throughput. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bufferbloat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bufferbloat
  • tacon 9y ago
    Measure the bufferbloat in your connection: http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest