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Thanks. > The reason latency is a factor is that it affects how quickly data leaves your computer and gets to our data center, so if you're far away, it can pl

by tpmx 7y ago

Thanks. > The reason latency is a factor is that it affects how quickly data leaves your computer and gets to our data center, so if you're far away, it can play a factor! Not to be an ass.. but.. uh, there does exist ways to defeat latencies in order to bring up throughput. But Backblaze isn't aware of them after more than a decade in the business?

ryanmercer 7y ago
Not to be an ass but.. but.. >Maybe don't do this on HN? (Again, keep in mind I mentioned TCP/QUIC.) I have no idea what QUIC is and the onyl reason I recognizes 'TCP' is because back in 1994 and 1995 I had to see "TCIP/IP" every time I wanted to connected to the internet, not everyone on HN is a network engineer and/or software dev and you're not having a private conversation, you're having a conversation that might be stumbled upon by anyone that may or may not have the slightest clue what you are talking about. If someone wants to simplify things, even greatly, in a public discussion thread then good, the rest of us might be able to have a rudimentary idea of what is being discussed.
- boredishBoi 7y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUIC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUIC https://blog.cloudflare.com/http3-the-past-present-and-future/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/http3-the-past-present-and-futur... Just because it’s a public discussion doesn’t mean there’s an obligation to explain things. I didn’t know what QUIC was either so I googled it.