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UDP - Packet Loss in Real Life?

Posted by Cliff on from the network-intricacies dept.

PacketStorm asks: "There's always an argument between TCP and UDP users. TCP users complain that UDP is non-determinstic and lossy, while UDP users complain that TCP is slower and nobody needs all the features anyway. So the question is - has anyone actually seen/experienced UDP loss in high-traffic environments? Is the degeneration of UDP any better or worse than TCP in a congested environment? TCP also craps out in times of congestion, but at least you know - or do you? Experiences?"

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  1. Parts of the Internet currently collapsing? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Check the Internet Traffic Report

  2. I wouldn't know. by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 2, Funny

    The only protocol I ever use is ICMP.

    - A.P.

    --
    "Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"
  3. Re:What argument? by tunah · · Score: 3, Funny
    This is rather like comparing Pepsi to milk. They both have their place.

    Except for pepsi.

    --
    Free Java games for your phone: Tontie, Sokoban
  4. So, what you're saying is... by Wonko42 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm a skydiver. I never use a parachute. Instead, I just jump out of planes and hope that I land on a large air mattress. It's worked perfectly so far. Why should I switch? All you silly fools using parachutes make me laugh.

  5. Lemme get this straight. by FreeLinux · · Score: 3, Funny

    NTP was too complicated(??) so, you designed built and tested your own homegrown version of NTP??????

    To quote Dr. Evil, "Riiiight...".

    1. Re:Lemme get this straight. by schon · · Score: 2, Funny

      All I can remember that in those days we looked at NTP (or maybe it was NNTP??)... All we needed was a simple way to keep system clocks in line, with an accuracy of a few tenths of a second.

      Ahem.. you were going to use usenet posts to synchronize your system time?!?!?!

      Bwahahahahah...

      (wipes tear from eye)
      *sigh*, that was a good one - To quote FreeLinux, 'To quote Dr. Evil, "Riiiight...".'