# If two separate swf's are downloading the same file at the same time - bandwidth

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/if-two-separate-swfs-are-downloading-the-same-file-at-the-same-time-bandwidth/195477
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 1, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/if-two-separate-swfs-are-downloading-the-same-file-at-the-same-time-bandwidth/195477 "2006-08-01T02:20:08Z")
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### Author: ![pittsburghjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@pittsburghjoe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pittsburghjoe)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/if-two-separate-swfs-are-downloading-the-same-file-at-the-same-time-bandwidth/195477/1 "2006-08-01T02:20:08Z")

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I’m being anal, I know, but would two swf objects downloading the same xml file (at pretty much the same time) actually help each other in downloading the xml? Or would it be two separate channels of download and one would write over the other in cache (milliseconds apart)?