Timeline for Why was Wireplay "faster and more reliable" than dial-up Internet, since they both used the same hardware?
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| May 10, 2023 at 20:20 | comment | added | supercat | A related issue is that once an internet protocol starts sending a packet, over a connection, it won't be able to send anything else over that connection until the packet has been fully transmitted. At 28,800 bits/second, sending sending a 576-byte packet would take about 200ms. If a program wants to send a packet, even if it manages to have that packet be the next one in the queue, it may have to wait 200ms before the system could even start transmitting its packet. Similar issues add another 200ms on the remote end. | |
| May 10, 2023 at 13:20 | history | answered | RonJohn | CC BY-SA 4.0 |