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Simultaneous connections.

WHAT LIMITS EXIST

How many requests an account can handle at once How many connections a server accepts How many a client may open

WHY LIMITS EXIST

To prevent one account or visitor consuming everything.

WHAT HITTING A LIMIT LOOKS LIKE

Errors under load Intermittent failures Slowness that clears and returns

WHAT DRIVES CONNECTION USE

Page generation time The number of resources per page Traffic volume Bots

THE GENERATION TIME POINT

Slow pages hold connections longer, so fewer visitors exhaust the limit.

Improving speed reduces connection use directly.

WHAT THAT MEANS

Hitting a connection limit on a small site usually indicates slowness, not traffic.

WHAT TO DO

Improve page speed and caching first Reduce unnecessary requests Identify and block abusive bots

WHEN AN UPGRADE IS WARRANTED

Sustained legitimate traffic beyond the plan.

WHAT TO CHECK

Resource usage, before assuming growth.


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