> existing Ethernet jumbo frames 9000 / 1500 = 6 > Enabling a packet size of 185,000 bytes 185000 / 1500 = 123.3 Jumbo would give you [up to] 6 times less p

> existing Ethernet jumbo frames 9000 / 1500 = 6 > Enabling a packet size of 185,000 bytes 185000 / 1500 = 123.3 Jumbo would give you [up to] 6 times less packets for the same bandwidth => 6 times less overhead on the packet processing. BIG TCP could give up to 123 times less packets (only theoretically, of course) but surely would dramatically lower the processing overhead for the big payloads.