[baybal2]

PROTIP: Managing congestion control on application level is not a good business. A better idea is to leave it to the edge and CDN, while the app level uses computationally cheap optimistic algos since the com in between the app and your edge will go over your own high quality infrastructure.

This adds flexibility to allow for use of multiple algorithms in different load balancing regions (mobile as a lossy fabric is better to stay with conventional, desktop and server clients can use a some smarter throughput maximizing algo, and in countries with high percentages of connections being laggy DSLs, you can use something else )

[otterley]

Can you refer us to any papers or analyses that support your claim?

[baybal2]

No