It can be worse than that since TCP/IP will do exp backoff depending on your packet loss. Which is awesome for file transfers but pretty awful for real-time dat

It can be worse than that since TCP/IP will do exp backoff depending on your packet loss. Which is awesome for file transfers but pretty awful for real-time data. There's a great article way back about X-Wing vs Tie Fighter and all the pain they went through with TCP/IP[1]. [1] https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131781/the_internet_sucks_or_what_i_.php?print=1 https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131781/the_internet_s...