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Re:HTTP3 Explained by kevg123 on Monday October 13, 2025 @07:52AM (#45567328)
> As the packet loss rate increases, HTTP/2 performs less and less well. At 2% packet loss (which is a terrible network quality, mind you), tests have proven that HTTP/1 users are usually better off - because they typically have up to six TCP connections to distribute lost packets over. This means for every lost packet the other connections can still continue.

Why doesn't HTTP/2 use more than one socket?

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Re:HTTP3 Explained by thwarted on Monday October 13, 2025 @08:12AM (#45567476)
Because one thing it tries to optimize for is avoiding TLS session negotiation.
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Re:HTTP3 Explained by kevg123 on Monday October 13, 2025 @08:48AM (#45567778)
Makes sense. One idea would be if the browser could detect packet loss (e.g. netstat -s and look for TCP retransmissions, and equivalent on other OSes) and open more sockets if there is.
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