druck wrote:
> but instead of
> switching to the next soon after it became closer than the current one,
> it often used to hang on to the current one, until well past the next one.

Your analysis implies your belief, that switching comes at no cost
whatsoever. As long as the current connection is well "good enough" you
may as well hang on and save all that overhead.

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