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We can all agree the Web is a giant mess when it comes to efficient bandwidth usage esp for mobile. TCP protocol will restart over with single packet when a pac

by nojvek 10y ago

We can all agree the Web is a giant mess when it comes to efficient bandwidth usage esp for mobile. TCP protocol will restart over with single packet when a packet gets lost rather than optimising for throughput. The worst offenders are ads and tracking. A fuck ton of bloat that needs to be loaded. Every little action results in a http call. If you visit a page with disqus comments it loads every ad tracker it can find in the world and shove it in your browser.

bluesmoon 10y ago
> TCP protocol will restart over with single packet when a packet gets lost rather than optimising for throughput. It will back off to an earlier window size. It won't just jump to 1 packet. As of 2010, the default initial window size is 10 packets across OSen, so it's unlikely to ever get to 1 packet unless you're on a really lossy network.