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zokier on June 27, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why mobile apps suck when you're mobile (TCP over ...

SPDY or SCTP maybe? I'm not sure if they work better specifically in high latency environments, but they are touted as TCP replacements.

adaszko on June 27, 2011 | [–]

Actually, SPDY is an application layer protocol -- as HTTP -- not an transport layer protocol like TCP.

ominous_prime on June 27, 2011 | [–]

SPDY isn't a tcp replacement, it's a layer 7 protocol on top of TCP.

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