[ih] Internet-history Digest, Vol 57, Issue 4

[Dave Crocker]

On 8/22/2024 1:33 PM, Craig Partridge via Internet-history wrote:
>     - media access rules that allowed the channel to be filled. &ou can
>     transmit at 9.X megabits on a 10 megabit Ethernet -


Carrier sense and collision detect were, of course, excellent features.  
But retry with randomized, exponential backoff seems to have been a 
profoundly useful innovation.


d/

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Dave Crocker
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