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30% faster... IF you've got your page split up into 78 requests on 12 different hosts using 1.2 MB.

Btw, do they still have the special case handling of headers and whatnot that hardcodes today's implementation details and "best practies" into the protocol we're supposed to use for decades ahead?



My understanding of the presentation was that the "78 requests over 12 hosts" thing was a hack that the everyone would benefit from, but only big players could afford, with this just making it free/cheap/default.


> 30% faster... IF you've got your page split up into 78 requests on 12 different hosts using 1.2 MB.

Take a look at the web page of any company in the content business that is actually trying to make the page pay for itself...




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