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Lefwyn t1_itsi95q wrote

Reply to comment by feoen in Apple devices now support Nintendo’s classic game controllers. by SUPRVLLAN

How fast does your internet have to be for it to have as little lag as possible?

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[deleted] t1_itt2an2 wrote

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cyberentomology t1_itt7874 wrote

Latency is not a function of your speed.

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gerbs t1_ittya9m wrote

Yes and no. If you're trying to move data from many devices through a router, a faster connection gets the data through faster and allows the next set of packets to be sent. The latency increases when there router can't complete a request fast enough to respond to the other device.

To out it another way, 5 people are standing around. 3 people (Person A B and C) are handing items to 1 person (Person Y) who is handing them to the next (Person Z). The longer it takes for person Y to hand Person As things to person Z, the longer B and C have to wait. That is their latency.

A faster router cuts latency, and a bigger pipe also reduces latency.

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