You might be wondering “Why don’t they just set IE7 to use 16 connections by default instead of 2?” If everyone who uses IE would use 16 connections it would slow down the internet. The low number of connections set by default is like a throttle being held back so the internet doesn’t slow down and to keep web servers from getting bogged down from many connections by only a few users.


So we Firefox users will know who to blame when the Internet comes to a grinding halt ;)