Tech Issue #3 - KEEP-ALIVE OR BROWSER PLUG-INS? If a connection can be opened and remain open for the entire hour-long auction this might dramatically reduce t

Tech Issue #3 - KEEP-ALIVE OR BROWSER PLUG-INS? If a connection can be opened and remain open for the entire hour-long auction this might dramatically reduce the overhead of individual HTTP connections. Is something like this possible with as many as 200,000 bidders? If so, how many (and what kind) of HTTP servers might I need to maintain this many open connections? If this might require a FireFox plugin on the client end it is theoretically possible to make this a requirement. Obviously I prefer to avoid this requirement but if nothing else works this may be a functional alternative.