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SN139: Network Congestion

SN139: Network Congestion

Security Now - 16k MP3 · TWiT

April 11, 2008

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Show Notes

Leo and I discuss an aspect of the "cost" of using the Internet - a packetized global network which (only) offers "best effort" packet delivery service. Since "capacity" is the cost, not per-packet usage, the cost is the same whether the network is used or not. But once it becomes "overused" the economics change since "congestion" results in a sudden loss of network performance.