Re: Question about propagation and queuing delays

[Petri Helenius <pete () he iki fi>]

Tony Finch wrote:

> TCP performs much better if queueing delays are short, because that
> means it gets feedback from packet drops more promptly, and its RTT
> measurements are more accurate so the retransmission timeout doesn't get
> artificially inflated.
>  

Sure, but sending speculative duplicate ack's if you're competing 
seriously of transit bandwidth works even better...
Not sure how to set the evil bit on the packets though...

Pete