Re: 923 Mbps across the Ocean ...

["Majdi S. Abbas" <msa () samurai sfo dead-dog com>]

On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 02:57:22PM -0500, Eric Germann wrote:
> http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/03/07/speed.record/index.html
>
> Comments folks?

        "Given enough thrust, pigs fly just fine...demonstrated by
         a professional driver on a closed track, please do not try
         this at home kids!"

        Sure, given a link you don't have to share with production
traffic and a lot of charity, it's possible to get TCP to do a lot
of things.  This doesn't make them a good idea (outside of those
`special' environments.)

        On the other hand, if you have the need for this kind of
single stream performance, and the pipe to yourself, why not 
devise your own protocol with less overhead?

        --msa