From: Rich Brown <richb.hanover@gmail.com>
To: Rich Brown via Bloat <bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net>
Subject: [Bloat] SQM becoming mainstream (finally)
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:49:46 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <67CC0F9C-0228-4A70-87C2-13C0E5E5FA32@gmail.com> (raw)
I regularly receive email alerts from alerts.google.com for “bufferbloat” and “high ping time”. My inbox receives daily notes with links to Reddit articles asking, “could this really be bufferbloat?”, and occasional announcements of “the BEST gaming router of 2025/2026/2027...”
I saw an interesting review today [1]: I don’t put any particular credence in their rankings of the various routers, but I found it delightful that this was the first point in the entire article:
* Ping spikes during gaming are usually caused by home network congestion, not ISP speed, and a gaming router with quality of service (QoS) or SQM directly fixes that
Dave would be so pleased that Bufferbloat and SQM are finally entering mainstream consciousness.
[1] https://www.analyticsinsight.net/gaming/best-gaming-routers-in-2026-for-low-latency-and-high-speed-performance
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2026-06-12 12:49 Rich Brown [this message]
2026-06-13 17:09 ` [Bloat] Re: SQM becoming mainstream (finally) Rich Brown
2026-06-13 17:44 ` Sebastian Moeller
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