From: Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ca>
To: David Schinazi <dschinazi.ietf@gmail.com>,
Sebastian Moeller <moeller0@gmx.de>,
Bloat <bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net>
Subject: Re: [Bloat] goresponsiveness learned a few tricks...
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2024 09:05:35 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <28764.1704809135@obiwan.sandelman.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPDSy+6vhYX+rWyYLKontROsrUOT8rBouQYhLu9J3vjyby_NkQ@mail.gmail.com>
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David Schinazi via Bloat <bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
> My understanding is that Apple chose to report RTT as an inverse because
> people are used to "higher number means better". The target audience
> for
Yes. Stuart was pretty clear about this being the reason for the decision.
It seemed sound then and I still think it's sound.
> network speed tests is the average slightly-tech-savvy consumer, and those
> aren't all familiar with what latency means. Also, car enthusiasts like
Marketing people like bigger numbers.
That's where we want things to go: into advertisements.
(I keep asking for 128-bit internet, because it's better than 32-bit 1980s
crap, but then they answer: "Oh, yes! we have 125Mbs LTE")
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-01-08 19:41 Sebastian Moeller
2024-01-08 21:04 ` Juliusz Chroboczek
2024-01-08 21:53 ` Sebastian Moeller
2024-01-08 23:15 ` David Schinazi
2024-01-09 7:18 ` Sebastian Moeller
2024-01-09 14:05 ` Michael Richardson [this message]
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