- From: stephen f white <sfwhite@incontext.ca>
- Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 13:03:05 -0400
- To: Paul Leach <paulle@microsoft.com>
- Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
> 3. It didn't consider asymmetric bandwidth situations. In the limit that
> the downstream connection is infinite in speed and with low latency, the
> savings of 80% in request header size that your study used would be
> significant. (The most likely early deployment of cable modems will use
> ordinary telephone lines as the request channel. Phill points out that
> if other latencies are significant, then header size savings won't
> matter much -- but these kind of cable modems are pretty close to the
> infinite speed, low latency model.)
just as a datapoint, the cable modem installations in the toronto area
(which are now actual production services, not beta tests) use two-way
communication over the cable lines. they're not assymetrical.
my opinion, not that you asked for it: sticky headers would be pain to
implement, for little real benefit. if the people involved really care,
i would suggest someone go ahead and code it up before discussing
it further on this list.
-=- sfw
stephen f. white
sfwhite@incontext.ca
http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~sfwhite/
""information highway" and "virtual reality" are
the farts at the end of the industrial burrito" -- ryan daum
Received on Friday, 9 August 1996 10:11:05 UTC