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> ?!?! How much bandwidth do you think it takes??? I'm not OP, but latency matters more than bandwidth in this case. More specifically, the variance of latenc
by acuozzo 5y ago
> ?!?! How much bandwidth do you think it takes???
I'm not OP, but latency matters more than bandwidth in this case.
More specifically, the variance of latency matters. It's easy to grow accustomed to a constant 500ms delay, but it's incredibly difficult to deal with the random delays you get when you put a packet-switched network atop a high latency physical layer.
- cratermoon 5y agoYeah, I didn't even go to latency. One of my co-workers clearly had a lot of variance in latency to his home and it was noticeable. It might not matter much in an hour-long meeting where one or two people are doing most of the talking, but in a short meeting between 2-3 people working together it can really disrupt things and turn what could have been a 10-15 minute meeting of minds into a frustrating 20-30 minutes of "say again, you dropped out" and "I didn't get that, my stream froze for a second".
- jfrunyon 5y agoLatency is not the same as bandwidth.
- jfrunyon 5y agoOkay but latency is not dependent upon bandwidth unless you're filling your bandwidth. The OP talked about bandwidth, not latency.