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Latency to the first byte is one thing, latency to the last byte, quite another. A slow-starting high-throughput connection will bring you the entire payload fa
by nine_k 1y ago
Latency to the first byte is one thing, latency to the last byte, quite another. A slow-starting high-throughput connection will bring you the entire payload faster than an instantaneously starting but low-throughput connection. The larger the payload, the more pronounced is the difference.
- mouse_ 1y agoehh... latency is an objective term that, for me at least, has always meant something like "how quickly can you turn on a light bulb at the other end of this system"
- rusk 1y agoTerm under discussion is “speed” which goes beyond latency. If you have a low latency but high bandwidth the link is “faster” i.e “time to last byte” Latency is well defined and nobody is quibbling on that.