On 06/11/2008 6:53 AM, Fabio Forno wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 11:40 PM, Peter Saint-Andre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Yes, the idea behind XEP-0234 is that IBB will be the file transfer
>> method of last resort, but that it will always work (for some value of
>> "always").
> 
> Some sort of "always", correct. The worst case scenario with IBB is
> ending with an unusable connection if the server starts throttling
> packets, thing I bet will happen as soon as IBB becomes widespread. In
> Bruxelles we discussed about the possibility of sending an early
> warning to the client with a packet from the server asking to limit
> the rate. This is far better then a fixed bitrate, since it allows
> severs to dynamically allocate bandwidth accordingly to actual usage.

So the server would determine if you are close to hitting some rate or
bandwidth limit and will tell you to slow down? What if the bottleneck
is between the recipient's server and the recipient's client (e.g., I am
on a fat pipe and you are on a mobile connection)? Then perhaps it is
the recipient's client that would want to tell the sender's client to
slow down.

Peter

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