[leif]

Is this likely to be any different from introducing a little error-correction?

Also, how were we not doing this already?

Also, I need a writer. Whoever wrote this up made it sound WAY cooler than when I explain error correcting codes.

[lmm]

As it says, in wired networks packet loss is almost entirely due to congestion, so adding error-correction is unnecessary - better to just throttle down when you see it.

TCP is old and reliable and there are massive costs associated with switching to anything else. I think that's why we weren't doing this yet, and I think that's why this initiative will fail too.