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Well, simply put, there's more to a good user experience than having some high Mbps. For example, if your latency is high then loading a web page with fifty small pictures will take longer than one really big picture.

On your phone, when chatting with someone, the connection will be really choppy.

Think of it as having a car that can go really fast in a straight line, but it takes a really long time to make any left or right turns.




> For example, if your latency is high then loading a web page with fifty small pictures will take longer than one really big picture.

This is true currently, but check out this http/2 demo with a tile of images loaded with different latencies:

https://http2.golang.org/gophertiles

If you have a http/2 enabled browser, then it shows how even with high latency, the browsing doesn't suffer nearly as much.




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