Incorrect. TCP does not work that way and the failure mode is nowhere near that smooth. I suggest actually trying it. No cheating and watching Keith Winstein

Incorrect. TCP does not work that way and the failure mode is nowhere near that smooth. I suggest actually trying it. No cheating and watching Keith Winstein's video on the mosh WWW site, which shows what actually happened in the case of one fairly well-known WWW app, now! (-: