Posts tagged Performance

• How much internet speed do you need for cardsharing?

  Less than almost anyone expects. A line moves a trickle of data, so megabits decide nothing. Here is what a line actually consumes, and which part of your connection does matter.

• Should you run a cardsharing line through a VPN?

  A VPN adds a hop to the one number that decides how a line feels. Here is what it changes, what it does not, and the two narrow cases where people reach for one anyway.

• Cardsharing latency, explained: why response time matters

  The number that decides whether channel changes feel instant or laggy isn't bandwidth - it's how fast the server answers each request. Here's what's happening.