Re: [Bloat] starlink bloat in review

[Matt Mathis <mattmathis@google.com>]

I don't understand: starlink doesn't terminate the TCP connection,
does it?   Or are you referring to YT's BBR adequately addressing
Starlinks variable RTT?   "Adequately" is probably the operative word.
It is not too hard to imagine what goes wrong with BBR if the actual
path length varies, and on an underloaded network, you may not be able
to even detect the symptoms.

Thanks,
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On Sat, May 15, 2021 at 3:08 PM Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> "In my week of testing, Starlink was perfectly fine for anything that
> buffers — I was able to stream Netflix and Disney Plus in 4K and jump
> around YouTube videos without significant issues — but doing something
> faster-paced, like quickly scrolling through TikTok videos, would run
> into delays."
>
> https://www.theverge.com/22435030/starlink-satellite-internet-spacex-review
>
> To me that "jump around youtube" is telling me that BBR is working on starlink.
>
> Also of interest in this article was links to their open source
> copyrights, which confirm linux 4.9 is in use.
>
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