> Wikipedia's startup payload now neatly fits into the target budget of 28 KB – chosen as the lowest multiple of 14KB we can fit within subsequent bursts of Internet packets to a web browser.<p>But (according to their linked article) 14KB is only the max size of the _first_ burst of packets, after which TCP will usually double the size in each subsequent burst. So two bursts equal 14 + 28 = 42 KB, not 28.<p>Are they doing this to assume a connection limited to only its initial burst size? I imagine this might be relevant in low-data areas (developing countries, etc.), but they don't go in to it.