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ReadyKilowatt

Error free wireless networks?

The reason you ACK a TCP packet is because you have to assume the network might not be reliable. Wired Ethernet is mostly reliable. Wireless is not. Optimistic networking is probably a bad idea, and putting all of the reliability requirements on the network operators is definitely a very bad idea.

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