Google and Microsoft Cheat on Slow-Start. Should You?
This is interesting, but the article and I differ greatly at this point: "Being non-standards-compliant in a way that privileges their flows relative to others seems more than a little hypocritical from a company that's making such a fuss about network neutrality."No, no it's not. This has nothing to do with network neutrality; it's a purely server-side change/fix. Not only that, they're benefiting users without requiring anyone else to change while they wait for standards bodies to catch up. This is a similar scenario to HTML5 video, and distinctly more clear-cut than e.g. '802.11n draft' wireless routers in my opinion.