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Re:The Need for Web UDP by topranks on Thursday July 27, 2017 @09:42AM (#14865140)
TCP congestion control can be very beneficial for streaming applications (when combined with adaptive rate codecs).

With UDP you have to create your own feedback mechanism to find the optimal bitrate to stream to the far side at.

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Re:The Need for Web UDP by mrmoka on Thursday July 27, 2017 @10:49AM (#14865802)
This is where DCCP or alternative protocols come in play.
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