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> My experience is that only a few applications will max out my 115Mbit/s connection, and given I have semi-decent kit and a decent ISP using the full bandwidth
by Shank 3y ago
> My experience is that only a few applications will max out my 115Mbit/s connection, and given I have semi-decent kit and a decent ISP using the full bandwidth doesn't have a big impact on latency so I can be streaming, downloading, and have multiple people video-calling and that's fine.
My experience is that people rarely feel constrained by bandwidth because everyone is fighting to optimize every last bit, often using varying techniques that sacrifice quality. Not a single video calling app that I’ve used recently feels like it’s actually delivering good video to me. They're all bitcrushed. They work for some meetings at work, but I would really love a much higher bandwidth connection for screen sharing on Discord and practically every streaming app.
Latency is also important: don’t get me wrong about that. But the fact that I have 1Gbps and I can’t get high bitrate video down kills me.
- Wowfunhappy 3y ago> Not a single video calling app that I’ve used recently feels like it’s actually delivering good video to me. They're all bitcrushed. I suspect this is largely done for the sake of latency, due to buffer bloat. Well, that and as a result of typical upload speeds being much lower than download speeds.
- yakkityyak 3y agoCan’t forget low bit rate “4k” saves them tons of money on storage and bandwidth costs as well.
- andrewaylett 3y agoI think you're emphasising my point? If higher bitrates lead to higher latency, most tooling will try to keep latency low enough even if that means sacrificing quality. I've got 1/10 of your total bandwidth, but still seem to maybe get better video quality? I'd attribute that to better active traffic management.