[Bloat] Hey, all, what about bandlength?

[Jonathan Morton]

> On 8 Apr, 2023, at 9:49 pm, Michael Richardson via Bloat <bloat at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
> 
>> If I have a bandwidth of 1 Mbit/S, but it takes 2 seconds to deliver 1
>> Mbit, do I have a bandlength of only 1/2 Mbit/S?
> 
> Is that because there is 2seconds of delay?

It could merely be that, due to new-flow effects, the effective utilisation of the path is only 50% over those two seconds.  A longer flow might have better utilisation in its later stages.

 - Jonathan Morton