923 Mbps across the Ocean ...

Fri Mar 7 20:55:41 UTC 2003

On 3/7/2003 at 15:50:40 -0500, Steve Goldstein said:
> At 8:34 PM +0000 3/7/03, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote:
> >So whats good about this?
> 
> 923 Mbps with TCP.  --S

According to CNN:

"Scientists were able to get 93 percent efficiency out of their
record-setting connection because they didn't have to share bandwidth,
they received donated equipment in excess of $1 million and they
changed the setting of Internet protocols to allow faster data
transfers, Newman said."

So, you turn down/off all the parts of TCP that allow you to share
bandwidth properly, crank up the window and packet sizes, and
suddenly, TCP is pretty damn efficient for a one-way transfer.
There's no real "science" here.  This is a geek publicity stunt.

-Dave