Am 29.01.2014 15:26, schrieb Francois Labreque:

> A 20MB file is 16M bits.  At 1500bits per packet, it means ~ 110,000
> packets.  If the round trip takes 200-400ms per packet, then it takes
> 20,000 seconds, or more than 6 hrs, ignoring link congestion and other
> technicalities, for someone to open the file from India.

That's why any sane file transfer protocol sends more than just one 
packet before waiting for an acknowledge.

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