MTU of the Internet?

Sun Feb 8 06:59:37 UTC 1998

On Sat, 7 Feb 1998, Paul A Vixie wrote:

> that's not what i meant by "serial multiplexing".  but can someone please
> explain why anyone would want to do this?  you don't get the bits faster by
> opening multiple connections, now that persistent http allows you to avoid
> the inter-object delay that used to be induced by doing a full syn/synack/ack
> for each object.  does seeing the GIFs fill in in parallel really make that
> much difference, if the total page fill time is going to be the same?

Well, lets say you have a page with 3 images. Two logos for whatever site
your visiting, and one for an add banner. If those two logos are on menu
bars like whats popular now a days, and the add image is deeper in the
body of the page, it will be downloaded last. If the images are of decent
size, and the person isnt on a isdn or greater link, there is a higher
likelihood of this person stopping the download. And when this person
stops the download, whoever paid for that add space just wasted money.

To me it doesnt really matter, cause i cant remember the last time i
followed, or even took a second glace at an add banner. But telling somone
whos paying hundreds of thousands of dollars on add space, even at most
10-20% more of the people who started downloading the image didnt view
it.. thats makes it a little more important. :)

-mike