Re: [tlug] What would happen to the Internet if the US fell off the map

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 04/08/07, Attila Kinali <attila@example.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 4 Aug 2007 16:53:28 +0900
> "Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com> wrote:
>
> > However, one lovely property of TCP/IP is that it enables bursty
> > applications to have a chance until packet loss approaches 50%
>
> It's actually the other way round. TCP works great for applications
> that open up a connection, transfere a lot of data and close it
> again.

This is precisely what I meant by "bursty". Perhaps I mis-used some
terminology, but had you read the rest of my post, you would have
known precisely what I was talking about.

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Cheers,
Josh