Why is latency and bandwith separated? If latency is delay of data, and bandwith is data over time, shouldn’t one affect another? If it takes 5s for a car to start, and 10s to reach it’s destination, then the average speed would be spread out across the whole 15s. Should this not be the same?

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Why is latency and bandwith separated? If latency is delay of data, and bandwith is data over time, shouldn’t one affect another? If it takes 5s for a car to start, and 10s to reach it’s destination, then the average speed would be spread out across the whole 15s. Should this not be the same?

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It depends on what you need. If youre designing a car to drive 100 miles, then the speed of the car is more relevant. If you’re designing a car that only moves 5 feet, then it’ll spend most of it’s time starting up, so if you need it to make that trip faster, that’s the time you need to improve.

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