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Network Computing: The Myth of Network Speed

The Myth of Network Speed: Speed in networks is actually difficult to measure

Speed is the most common network metric, yet it does not actually exist as a well-defined scalar. Speed is a statistic whose value and significance changes depending how it is observed. Network problems are most often characterized as speed problems, but finding the cause requires an understanding of the ways speed can be measured and what they mean.