Bandwidth vs latency

A faster connection still has to wait for the first byte.

Playback is compressed; model values are shown separately.

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Can extra bandwidth remove the initial wait?

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How it works & assumptions

Completion time=initial wait/1000 + payload MB×8/bandwidth Mbit/s. Compare a 10 Mbit/s link with the chosen faster link.

Decimal MB and Mbit/s; a single fixed wait, then constant throughput. No protocol overhead, loss or congestion; not a network benchmark.

This is an ideal mathematical model, not a measurement or a forecast.

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