The bandwidth probably doesn't really matter, but a 2MB must have blob vs a 300kB must have blob at the start of a connection is a big difference. The start of

The bandwidth probably doesn't really matter, but a 2MB must have blob vs a 300kB must have blob at the start of a connection is a big difference. The start of a tcp connection is limited by round trip times more than bandwidth. Especially for mobile, optimizing to reduce the number of round trips required is pretty handy.