1. A method comprising: determining whether a transfer layer protocol connection from a sending device to a receiving device is in a slow start phase; and in an instance in which the transfer layer protocol connection is in a slow start phase, then allocating priority in the sending device to data to be sent in the transfer layer protocol connection that is higher than the priority allocated to other data to be sent by the sending device, wherein the priority of the data to be sent in the transfer layer protocol connection is allocated based at least in part upon an amount of data sent for the transfer layer protocol connection and a predetermined amount of data sufficient for the transfer layer protocol connection to adapt to network conditions.