Ok. I didn't make the claim and I'm not arguing this with you. You asked for sources and I assumed good faith. I was mistaken.
> The example given is that a handful of users running MTR (do not get me started on this bastard program) can actually hit this rate limit. This is an outstanding example because I have seen something similar in practice.
> Consider what that would look like, and how common it would be: If you have a NOC full of people who think they know what they're doing, but don't, that only enhances the probability that everyone is trying to troubleshoot on their own instead of doing a screenshare and coordinating their efforts - thus, you have six guys running MTR to the same IP. ╔═════════════╦════════════════╦══════════╦════════╦════════╦══════════╦═════════╗
║ Location ║ Provider ║ Protocol ║ Ping ║ Jitter ║ Down ║ Up ║
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║ Chicago ║ Sharktech ║ IPv4 ║ 60 ms ║ 15 ms ║ 408 Mbps ║ 23 Mbps ║
║ Atlanta ║ Cloudiver ║ IPv6 ║ 67 ms ║ 8 ms ║ 311 Mbps ║ 23 Mbps ║
║ Amsterdam ║ "Rust backend" ║ IPv4 ║ 169 ms ║ 260 ms ║ 68 Mbps ║ 20 Mbps ║
║ Nuremberg ║ Hetzner ║ IPv6 ║ 155 ms ║ 125 ms ║ 132 Mbps ║ 20 Mbps ║
║ Los Angeles ║ Sharktech ║ IPv4 ║ 86 ms ║ 15 ms ║ 373 Mbps ║ 21 Mbps ║
║ Serbia ║ SOX ║ IPv6 ║ 188 ms ║ 29 ms ║ 173 Mbps ║ 17 Mbps ║
║ Tokyo ║ A573 ║ IPv4 ║ 183 ms ║ 72 ms ║ 156 Mbps ║ 22 Mbps ║
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I wouldn't say it's "decrepit", but maybe I'm just lucky.