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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Is it correct to assume that the bufferbloat grade is based off of the difference between the idle latency and the upload / download latencies, and not some absolute
value ranges of milliseconds?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Carl Klatsky<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Bloat [mailto:bloat-bounces@lists.bufferbloat.net]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>jb<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, December 18, 2016 8:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> bloat <bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bloat] dslreports redux<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It gets that grade because the Idle latency is so awful there is really little difference between idle latency and other latency measurements..<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">They clearly have some issues with their connection, PC or browser, with that kind of latency over cable. So the buffer bloat reading (or giving any grades for anything) are kind of meaningless.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 7:35 AM, Dave Taht <<a href="mailto:dave.taht@gmail.com" target="_blank">dave.taht@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This one gets an a+, ironically.<br>
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<a href="http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/7261612" target="_blank">http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/7261612</a><br>
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I'd like a "question this result" button, or some other way to kibitz.......<br>
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<span class="hoenzb">--</span><br>
<span class="hoenzb">Dave Täht</span><br>
<span class="hoenzb">Let's go make home routers and wifi faster! With better software!</span><br>
<span class="hoenzb"><a href="http://blog.cerowrt.org" target="_blank">http://blog.cerowrt.org</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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