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Venturi Transport Protocol
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<p>Venturi Transport Protocol (VTP) is a patented <a href="/facts/Proprietary_protocol/o902Cmmh">proprietary</a> <a href="/facts/Transport_layer/UmIGUCeK">transport layer</a> protocol that is designed to transparently replace <a href="/facts/Transmission_Control_Protocol/WW4sPrt9">TCP</a> in order to overcome inefficiencies[<i>which?</i>] in the design of TCP related to wireless data transport. It is owned by Venturi Wireless. The protocol is employed by various wireless broadband internet service providers such as <a href="/facts/Verizon_Wireless/3I3kcgEm">Verizon Wireless</a> and <a href="/facts/Unwired/Fwh6pcMd">Unwired</a> (Unwired calls the Venturi Client application that provides transparent VTP connectivity the Unwired Optimizer) in order to speed up their network and to overcome <a href="/facts/Latency_(engineering)/6Bjhn30H">latency</a> issues. </p>