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?
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?