Adaptive gain reduction for background connections

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory in communication with the processor, the memory having computer-readable instructions stored thereupon that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to
• communicate data from the system to a remote computing device;
• receive acknowledgement data indicating a round trip time, wherein the round trip time includes a time in which the data is communicated from the system to the remote computing device and a time in which the acknowledgement data is communicated from the remote computing device to the system;
• determine a gain value when the round trip time meets a criterion, wherein the gain value is based, at least in part, on the round trip time;
• and
• transmit additional data from the system to the remote computing device, wherein a rate in which the additional data is transmitted from the system to the remote device based, at least in part, on the gain value.

A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by a one or more processors of a first computing device, cause the first computing device to:

• communicate data from the first computing device to a second computing device;
• receive acknowledgement data indicating a round trip time, wherein the round trip time includes a time in which the data is communicated from the first computing device to the second computing device and a time in which the acknowledgement data is communicated from the second computing device to the first computing device;
• decrease a current gain value to determine a new gain value when the round trip time is below a threshold;
• and
• transmit additional data from the first computing device to the second computing device, wherein a rate in which the additional data is transmitted from the first computing device to the second computing device is based, at least in part, on the new gain value.