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by johngalt 1519 days ago
Why was latency such a killer on throughput? Was it TCP window sizing?
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It's related to the Bandwidth Delay Product:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth-delay_product

https://networklessons.com/cisco/ccnp-route/bandwidth-delay-...

Every now and then some network middlebox ends up screwing with your TCP window sizing and then the bandwidth delay product rears its ugly head.