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Re:The cost of using different sites on mobile networks arou... by nojvek on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @10:35AM (#14193866)
We can all agree the Web is a giant mess when it comes to efficient bandwidth usage esp for mobile. TCP protocol will restart over with single packet when a packet gets lost rather than optimising for throughput.

The worst offenders are ads and tracking. A fuck ton of bloat that needs to be loaded. Every little action results in a http call. If you visit a page with disqus comments it loads every ad tracker it can find in the world and shove it in your browser.

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Re:The cost of using different sites on mobile networks arou... by bluesmoon on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @11:21AM (#14194300)
> TCP protocol will restart over with single packet when a packet gets lost rather than optimising for throughput.

It will back off to an earlier window size. It won't just jump to 1 packet. As of 2010, the default initial window size is 10 packets across OSen, so it's unlikely to ever get to 1 packet unless you're on a really lossy network.

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