nˈɛtwɜːk ˌɛndʒɪnˈɪɹz hæv hɪstˈɔːɹɪkli bˌɪn tɹˈeɪnd tʊ ɐvˈɔɪd pˈækɪt lˈɔs, ænd hæv ðˈɛɹfoːɹ sˈʌmtaɪmz bˌɪn kɹˈɪɾɪkəl ʌv ˌeɪkjˌuːˈɛm sˈɪstəmz ðæt dɹˈɑːp pˈækɪts: "wˌaɪ ʃˌʊd aɪ dɹˈɑːp pˈɜːfɛktli ɡˈʊd pˈækɪts wɛn aɪ stˈɪl hæv fɹˈiː bˈʌfɚ spˈeɪs?
Network engineers have historically been trained to avoid packet loss, and have therefore sometimes been critical of AQM systems that drop packets: "Why should I drop perfectly good packets when I still have free buffer space?