What is Bufferbloat and Why Your Internet Feels Slow During Downloads

Top-down view of a home network desk showing a wireless router connected to a modem and desktop computer with a notepad displaying handwritten latency measurements during a download speed investigation.

You pay for a 300 Mbps connection. Speed tests confirm it. Yet the moment someone in your household starts a large download, your video call stutters, your game lags, and web pages crawl. The speed is clearly there — so why does everything feel broken? The answer, in most cases, is bufferbloat. Understanding what is … Read more