Some Background While the four-connection limit for HTTP 1.0 was set to match the behavior of most other browsers at the time, the two-connection limit for HTTP 1.1 was due to a mandate that was established in the HTTP 1.1 specification (Request for Comment 2616). At the time the standard was first drafted (January 1997), the two-connection limit was appropriate, considering the dominance of dial-
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