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Re:FCC weakens net neutrality rule in a prelude to larger ro... by adrianpike on Friday February 24, 2017 @03:40PM (#13727670)
> Does anyone actually believe we will "run out of bandwidth" to the point where traffic shaping will become essential?

Traffic shaping has always been essential. Bandwidth has never been infinite, and there's always been latency vs. bandwidth tradeoffs that need to be managed.

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Re:FCC weakens net neutrality rule in a prelude to larger ro... by wtallis on Friday February 24, 2017 @11:34PM (#13730077)
> Bandwidth has never been infinite, and there's always been latency vs. bandwidth tradeoffs that need to be managed.

Dropping packets has always been necessary. Traffic shaping has never been necessary, and modern fair AQM algorithms are a net win to both throughput and latency relative to the most commonly deployed congestion management strategies, so that latency vs bandwidth tradeoff is far more illusory than you think.

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