Re: CAL TECH's Superfast TCP

From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Wed Jun 04 2003 - 18:13:39 MDT

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    > (Spudboy100@aol.com <Spudboy100@aol.com>):
    >
    > New System Could Speed Up Internet Downloads
    > Wed Jun 4, 3:28 PM ET Add Technology - Reuters to My Yahoo!
    >
    > "The difference (in Fast TCP) is in the software and hardware on the
    > sending computer, which continually measures the time it takes for
    > sent packets to arrive and how long acknowledgements take to come back,"
    > the magazine added.
    > The Fast TCP reveals the delays and predict the highest data rate the
    > connection can support without losing data.

    In other words, they're updating circa-1980 TCP with the faster
    transmission features of circa-1987 Zmodem protocol. Nice to know
    they have some real cutting-edge ideas there. 

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Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lee/>
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