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The reality is that with broadband connections these days there is generally little or no packet loss unless your ISP is having problems. In the case where you
by cpncrunch 13y ago
The reality is that with broadband connections these days there is generally little or no packet loss unless your ISP is having problems. In the case where you are getting packet loss it usually tends to be around 50%, so UDP is going to have trouble as well.
Also, these days with fast retransmit TCP isn't as bad as it used to be when there are network problems.
I've been using TCP for over 20 years for multi-player games, VOIP and web conferencing, and it works incredibly well. Even if you do all the legwork to get UDP working reliably (which TCP give you for free), you still have the problem of firewalls.
- JoeAltmaier 13y agoPacket loss is usually due to upstream router congestion - you can send packets to your router much faster than it can forward them over a much-slower link to your ISP. SO loss depends upon your burst size/interval and your router buffer size. Wireless still has interesting(?) packet-loss behaviors. It can lose single packets, bursts of packets or even too-large packets (MTU exceeded). It depends on the AP and your local radio noise characteristics.