A Possible Cause of AT&T's Wireless Clog — Configuration Errors

AT&T customers (iPhone users notably among them) have seen some wireless congestion in recent months; Brough Turner thinks the trouble might be self-inflicted. According to Turner, the poor throughput and connection errors can be chalked up to "configuration errors specifically, congestion collapse induced by misconfigured buffers in their mobile core network." His explanation makes an interesting read.

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This is impossible, I've seen the buffer settings

[Anonymous Coward]

You see, most blokes, you know, will be buffering at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your buffer. Where can you go from there? Where?

I don't know.

Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?

Put it up to eleven.

Eleven. Exactly. One more buffered.

Re:This is impossible, I've seen the buffer settin

[jmac_the_man]

When did you last meet an unfunny penis?

Probably when he met the guy that modded that comment down.

Re:Software Robustness

[Anonymous Coward]

I walk around until I see an incoming arrow. I freeze and

people and cars crash into me