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		monort on June 27, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: B2blaze – A Backblaze B2 library for Pyth... Speed of light affects latency, not throughput. TCP works bad with large delays, that's why it's recommended to use several TCP connections to saturate the link.

voltagex_ on June 27, 2018 [–]

Yeah, I can never remember how TCP window size + latency affects transfer speed but you're right.

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