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WebRTC vs WebSocket: Real-Time Communication Patterns

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WebRTC vs WebSocket: Real-Time Communication Patterns is part of the Pro tier — advanced networking topics including BGP routing, Zero Trust, DDoS attacks, QUIC, TLS certificate chains, and more.

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When to use WebRTC (peer-to-peer, media, sub-100ms latency) vs WebSocket (server-mediated, reliable, ordered messaging) — ICE candidates, STUN/TURN traversal, DataChannel vs TCP semantics, SFU architectures for group calls, and why video conferencing doesn't use WebSockets.

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