diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Application/Application.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Application/Application.cs
index 0dbb95a89d..78636c46e6 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Application/Application.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Application/Application.cs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ namespace OpenSim
             AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException +=
                 new UnhandledExceptionEventHandler(CurrentDomain_UnhandledException);
 
-            ServicePointManager.DefaultConnectionLimit = 50;
+            ServicePointManager.DefaultConnectionLimit = 6;
 
             // Add the arguments supplied when running the application to the configuration
             ArgvConfigSource configSource = new ArgvConfigSource(args);