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		Dylan16807 on Jan 26, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why does gigabit internet via coax cable not offer... > The biggest problem I've found is that the Internet isn't really ready for customers that can download at 10Gbps. TCP is dumb and if it can saturate your connection it will increase your latency. I feel like being unable to saturate a connection is a good thing. There are other measures you can take to avoid saturation, but simply having an oversized pipe is hard to beat.

jrockway on Jan 26, 2020 [–]

This may be relevant to your interests: https://apenwarr.ca/log/?m=201808

Dylan16807 on Jan 26, 2020 | [–]

But to really get best results, you need that management on both sides of a chokepoint, and you still want every other link in the system to be oversized.

Fast links are a simple solution to a lot.

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