True. But, the application data is still going to be many more packets than the few you save during TCP/TLS setup. I imagine the user in that scenario would not

True. But, the application data is still going to be many more packets than the few you save during TCP/TLS setup. I imagine the user in that scenario would not see a significant difference, but I'd be curious to know for sure. Retransmits being smaller/less frequent is an improvement, but I'm not sure how much - latency due to geographic distance is pretty much built in. I just might google if there's any data on this. Since major providers are adoping it, I have to assume there is an improvement.