January 19, 2025
Peering Wars: Why Twitch Lags on High-Speed Fiber
You have 1Gbps fiber, but Twitch buffers at 1080p. The problem is usually a "Peering Dispute" between your ISP and the content provider.
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You have 1Gbps fiber, but Twitch buffers at 1080p. The problem is usually a "Peering Dispute" between your ISP and the content provider.
Read More →The standard 3-way handshake takes time. TCP Fast Open allows data to be sent inside the SYN packet itself. Why is it not enabled by default?
Read More →HTTP/3 replaces TCP with QUIC, eliminating head-of-line blocking and enabling 0-RTT connections. Learn how QUIC achieves reliability over UDP and why it is the future of web performance.
Read More →The same IP address answering from 300 cities worldwide? That is Anycast routing. Learn how 1.1.1.1 and 8.8.8.8 use BGP to direct you to the nearest server.
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