On 8/3/2012 10:30, Le_Forgeron wrote:
> Bandwidth and latency are not always connected. In fact, for a real
> situation, a satellite link (dedicated, you have $$$) is really a big
> bandwidth, yet the latency is uncompressible, and worse than a fiber to
> make a 100 miles trip.

That doesn't mean they have nothing to do with each other. Bandwidth over 
the same connection and route affects the latency. They're not independent 
variables. They're not linearly related, either.

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