to a client request so windows get drawn on the Desktop with the minimum of delay. Finally we’ve now adopted a congestion-control technique called ‘ CUBIC ‘ which is much better for high-bandwidth but long-distance connections than our previously-adopted ‘ Reno ‘. Background reading: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1143692 http://blog.benstrong.com/2010/11/google-and-microsoft-cheat-on-slow.html Posted in General , Network