A few weeks ago, I blogged about the problems we had with TCP at this year's TG, how TCP's bursty behavior causes problems when you stream from a server that has too much bandwidth comparing to your clients, and how all of this ties into bufferbloat. I also promised a followup. I wish I could say this post would be giving you all the answers, but to be honest, it leaves most of the questions unanswered. Not to let that deter us, though :-)
To recap, recall this YouTube video which is how I wanted my TCP video streams to look:
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