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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!quagga.ru.ac.za!uct.ac.za!uct.ac.za!not-for-mail From: vincent@groa.uct.ac.za Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: TCP latency Followup-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 7 Jul 1996 14:20:22 +0200 Organization: University of Cape Town Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4roa26$buf@groa.uct.ac.za> References: <4paedl$4bm@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM> <31D2F0C6.167EB0E7@inuxs.att.com> <4rfkje$am5@linux.cs.Helsinki.FI> <31DC8EBA.41C67EA6@dyson.iquest.net> <4rlf6i$c5f@linux.cs.Helsinki.FI> NNTP-Posting-Host: groa.uct.ac.za X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.networking:44248 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3955 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:22973 Linus Torvalds (torvalds@linux.cs.Helsinki.FI) wrote: : implementation is usually at least 8kB). And most web pages probably : are a lot smaller than 8kB.. (and despite all the hype, let's not get Just to nit-pick here - remember that 'web pages' usually includes graphics and other attachments, so the 'average web page' is probably quite a bit larger. Scanning our web cache, the average size seems to be about 18K-20K and I believe this value is increasing. -Russell