You can't always get a smooth browsing experience with fast internet. A couple of other factors also come into play. Among them is network latency. But the real question is, what is network latency?

The selfhosting community is an interesting and useful part of the Internet dedicated to removing one’s own services and data from the cloud and hosting it on their own servers, often on hardware that ...

Here is a blueprint for architecting real-time systems that scale without sacrificing speed. A common mistake I see in early-stage personalization teams is trying to rank every item in the catalog in ...

It may sound inevitable that a summer of streaming live sports and festivals will put more demand on the home network. Whether watching Wimbledon tennis matches, Euros football finals, or live music, ...

Performance of cloud-based apps that create lots of network traffic can be hurt by network loss and latency, but there are options to address them. Adoption of public cloud IaaS platforms like AWS and ...

In this article, I examine low-latency services provided by streaming CDNs, removing actual vendor names and making conclusions based on delivery method. I’ll start with a discussion of the basics of ...

Forward-looking: A new internet standard is being developed to drastically reduce network latency, boosting applications such as gaming and video streaming. While the standard can provide a measurable ...

For testing purposes, I need to simulate sending data across a WAN. Both machines (one RHEL, one a Debian-based appliance) will be located on a single VMWare server, and I can either install a third ...