As Jim Gettys explains, this actually a complicated problem and while traffic-shaping on one end of the pipe can help, there is nothing you can do about your he

As Jim Gettys explains, this actually a complicated problem and while traffic-shaping on one end of the pipe can help, there is nothing you can do about your head-end's buffers or your stupid middleware buffers. This is really a more frustrating problem that won't easily be solved. I suggest you all read Jim's original posts on the matter as they are enlightening and explain how TCP windows work and how your ISP configuration can mess it all up.