Collection accounts often change hands every six months or so. Debts are assigned and sold to other collectors, so thereâs a strong possibility the collection agency listed on your credit report isnât the agency that's currently collecting on the debt.
Alice decides to message Bob. Alice's phone establishes a connection to the WhatsApp server and it is established that this connection is definitely from Alice's phone. Alice now sends via TCP the following message: For Bob: A giant monster is attacking the Golden Gate Bridge.
TCP vs. UDP. There are two types of Internet Protocol (IP) traffic. They are TCP or Transmission Control Protocol and UDP or User Datagram Protocol. TCP is connection oriented â once a connection is established, data can be sent bidirectional. UDP is a simpler, connectionless Internet protocol. Multiple messages are sent as packets in chunks using UDP.