[ih] Global congestion collapse

[Joe Touch]

Craig Partridge wrote:
...
>>Either way, though, it was pretty shortly thereafter that I remember
>>getting my first replacement .o files with yummy new TCP congestion
>>control algorithms in them.
> 
> That would have been Van's TCP mods (described in the SIGCOMM '88 paper).
> It was astonishing how big a difference they made.

Not to downplay the utility of Van's variant, but it seems like _any_ 
congestion control would have (or may have - e.g. Dave's mods) made an 
astonishing impact.

Joe
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