- From: Henrik Nordstrom <henrik@henriknordstrom.net>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:39:23 +0200
- To: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Cc: Adrien de Croy <adrien@qbik.com>, HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
mån 2009-07-20 klockan 13:02 +1000 skrev Mark Nottingham: > - congestion on Internet backbones isn't *as much* of an issue as > it was then (AFAIK; I'll defer to others here) Backbone is much better, but there still are areas where international connectivity (or even cross-ISP due to lack of national interconnects) is very poor. > The result is that it's now common practice to deploy assets on > multiple hosts just to avoid this limitation, and JavaScript library > developers are starting to look at ways of bundling multiple responses > into one, thereby tunnelling through HTTP and making the messages > opaque. I'd say both are signs that there needs to be a change. Agreed. > OTOH, I also think completely removing limitations isn't good practice > either, because there are still networks out there where congestion is > a problem, and having an app open multiple TCP connections (as many > "download accelerators" do) to hog resources isn't good for the long- > term health of the Internet either. Download "accelerators" is my main concern as well. Regards Henrik
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