[External] Re: 10g residential CPE

Fri Dec 25 20:53:02 UTC 2020

Once upon a time, Michael Thomas <mike at mtcc.com> said:
> On 12/25/20 12:40 PM, Chris Adams wrote:
> >The other aspect of it is that we're doing these downloads while
> >continuing to play other games and chat (both things sensitive to
> >latency).  Some have family/roommates in the home, so they may be
> >streaming audio and/or video at the same time.  Do we fill up a gigabit?
> >No, probably not... but we'd notice if we had a lot less.
> 
> But using the right queuing disciplines it a lot cheaper than the
> brute force and ignorance of just upping the bandwidth, right?

Queueing doesn't get me my next game in time to play it tonight.  I've
always seen general queueing as a work-around for "not enough bandwidth
and can't add more"... but when more is available, why not just use
more?

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Chris Adams <cma at cmadams.net>