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From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
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On Thu, 15 Feb 2001 kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru wrote:

> > Over a 9600 mobile phone link mtu 296 makes measurable differences to the
> > latency when mixing a mail fetch with typing.
>
> It is myth.

> >						 Over a radio link where
> > error rate causes exponential increases in probability of packet loss as
>
> Another myth.

I've seen both these "myth"s happen in practice.


Rik
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