New Super-Fast Internet Protocol is 6,000 Times Faster than DSL

1999–2004April 19, 2004Dana BaggettInternet
NCSU scientists have designed a new internet transmission protocol called BIC-TCP (binary increase congestion transmission control protocol) to replace TCP adopted in the '80's according to this Yahoo News article. With BIC, speeds of 6,000 times DSL or 150,000 times a 65K dial up are possible. BIC is one among a half dozen protocols being considered as a new internet standard. [Dana Baggett]

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