Once you find what you’re network’s maximum throughput is using CAKE or CoDel or whatever algorithm to prioritize latency over capacity (as this article does),

Once you find what you’re network’s maximum throughput is using CAKE or CoDel or whatever algorithm to prioritize latency over capacity (as this article does), a very simple way to get the shaping effect is to lower your bandwidth plan, so long as there’s enough headroom to do so. Three homes ago, my Comcast Internet only supported 135mbps before latency spikes while using active shaping, so I downgraded from the 250mbps plan to the 125mbps plan and no longer had to use the shaping device at all. Another home could only get 75mbps, so I switched to a 25mbps plan just to prove that low bandwidth excelled at low latency; it did. This does mean that console video games download slower, but I grew up on modems, so I can keep myself occupied while my computer is downloading — and instead of needing a shaping router, I saved half my internet bill per month.