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Bufferbloat and Streaming - Reducing bufferbloat to improve streaming

This is a short video describing my issue with bufferbloat, including how it affected streaming and what I ended up doing about it.

Bufferbloat and Twitch

Too Boring Didn't Watch: Bufferbloat is a real network phenomenon, and it does have real consequences that become apparent when you are trying to get the most out of your internet. (The less bandwidth that you have, the more likely it is that you will see these effects.) There is an ongoing...

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I believe the Netgear Nighthawk routers are the only ones with CoDel to help with bottlenecked buffers. I use PFSense as a free UTM and Router with CoDel, HFSC, RED, and other QoS algorithms to help with bufferbloat. It's the fault of some ISP's and the continued use of consumer routers with outdated or non-implemented QoS.
 
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