[ih] Evolution of Internet audio and video

[Dave Crocker]

On 9/29/2025 6:21 PM, Jack Haverty via Internet-history wrote:
> My speculation is that traffic loads when near a port include all the 
> land-based users and the network may be overwhelmed.  But that's just 
> speculation, I have no data

My immediate guess was good satellite bandwidth at sea but poor total 
cell capacity near shore.

Doing hotspots to cell service is fine for a small number of users, 
doing modest work, via a very good cell.  But cell service is highly 
variable and the link usually can't handle large numbers of users or 
sustained high bandwidth demands.

d/

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