Comment by FrankWilhoit

No. TCP likes zero packet loss (connected), and it understands 100% packet loss (disconnected). Its weakness is scenarios (semiconnected) in which packet loss is constantly fluctuating between substantial and nearly-total. It doesn't know what is going on, and it may cope or it may not, because its designers did not envision a future in which most networks have a semiconnected last mile; but that is where we are. Without things like forward error correction, TCP would be nearly useless over wireless. It is interesting to envision a layer-4 protocol that would incorporate FEC-like capabilities.