I don't know the details of your benchmark methodology or setup (server / client), so not sure I can offer a meaningful response... short of: let's not confuse

I don't know the details of your benchmark methodology or setup (server / client), so not sure I can offer a meaningful response... short of: let's not confuse "my benchmark failed" with "the future doesn't work". Anything from a poorly implemented server (broken multiplexing, flow control, prioritization, etc), to bugs in past versions of Chrome... Jetty guys had a couple of nice demos they showed off at various conferences. Here's one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ai_rrhM8gA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ai_rrhM8gA