Hi Sina,

> On Feb 25, 2021, at 06:56, Sina Khanifar <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the feedback, Dave!
> 
>> 0) "average" jitter is a meaningless number. In the case of a 
>> videoconferencing application, what matters most is max jitter, where the 
>> app will choose to ride the top edge of that, rather than follow it. I'd 
>> prefer using a 98% number, rather than 75% number, to weight where the 
>> typical delay in a videoconfernce might end up.
> 
> Both DSLReports and Ookla's desktop app report jitter as an average
> rather than as a max number, so I'm a little hesitant to go against
> the norm - users might find it a bit surprising to see much larger
> jitter numbers reported. We're also not taking a whole ton of latency
> tests in each phase, so the 98% will often end up being the max
> number.
> [...]

[SM] Maybe the solution would be to increase the frequency of the RTT measures 
and increase the quantile somewhat, maybe 90 or 95?

Best Regards
        Sebastian
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