This also assumes that you have enormous buffers. If the data isn’t available when you start, you’re not going to see the lower benefits of transmitting everyth

This also assumes that you have enormous buffers. If the data isn’t available when you start, you’re not going to see the lower benefits of transmitting everything at the highest rate and then going into low-power mode. I suspect that most usage other than, say, backing up your photo library is bursty enough to push that into diminishing returns.