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description: "Calls die on the upload side more often than the download this piece leads with. A git clone fills the down pipe. A backup or a camera fills the up pipe, and th"
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Comment [Your video calls stutter when the line gets busy — that's bufferbloat](https://hashnode.com/posts/your-video-calls-stutter-when-the-line-gets-busy-that-s-bufferbloat/6ae605b3d608990f9d6f4a05)

[Owen Scott](https://hashnode.com/@owenscott)

[1d ago](https://hashnode.com/posts/your-video-calls-stutter-when-the-line-gets-busy-that-s-bufferbloat/6ae605b3d608990f9d6f4a05/comment/6af3e2276bd5a7ba9aa15305)

Calls die on the upload side more often than the download this piece leads with. A git clone fills the down pipe. A backup or a camera fills the up pipe, and that one is usually the narrow checkout. Cap upload a notch under the modem's real number before SQM, or cake just shapes a fantasy rate. If the stutter is only in the far room, the queue is the radio, not the ISP. Ethernet to the laptop tells you which one in a minute.