From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: George Michaelson To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Message-Id: <20031024143205.0c5626a3.ggm@apnic.net> In-Reply-To: <20031023021628.GH834@cassie.foobarbaz.net> References: <20031022172953.GA834@cassie.foobarbaz.net> <20031022195940.GD834@cassie.foobarbaz.net> <20031023021628.GH834@cassie.foobarbaz.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [9fans] trouble down t'labs Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 14:32:05 +1000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 782f1064-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 AT&T have admitted to severe SPAM related slowdowns. It might be that the data congestion along the path is causing so much packetloss, crypted and other loss- intolerant paths are not working well. how much of 9 protocol is over IP or UDP rather than TCP? I suppose even if TCP, it could score massive delay as the windowsize kept down due to fragloss. Only a hypotenuse. Somebody more in-the-know can kybosh it. -George