hmmmm - a look in the log reveals this:
2015-10-13 22:20:02,206::INFO::[downloader:423]
[email protected]: Initiating connection
2015-10-13 22:20:08,606::INFO::[downloader:423]
[email protected]: Initiating connection
2015-10-13 22:20:14,492::INFO::[downloader:423]
[email protected]: Initiating connection
2015-10-13 22:20:18,838::INFO::[downloader:423]
[email protected]: Initiating connection
2015-10-13 22:20:23,004::INFO::[downloader:423]
[email protected]: Initiating connection
2015-10-13 22:20:27,819::INFO::[downloader:423]
[email protected]: Initiating connection
2015-10-13 22:20:32,446::INFO::[downloader:423]
[email protected]: Initiating connection
2015-10-13 22:20:36,871::INFO::[downloader:423]
[email protected]: Initiating connection
2015-10-13 22:20:41,711::INFO::[downloader:423]
[email protected]: Initiating connection
2015-10-13 22:20:47,146::INFO::[downloader:423]
[email protected]: Initiating connection
2015-10-13 22:20:52,334::INFO::[downloader:423]
[email protected]: Initiating connection
2015-10-13 22:20:57,069::INFO::[downloader:423]
[email protected]: Initiating connection
2015-10-13 22:21:01,972::INFO::[downloader:423]
[email protected]: Initiating connection
2015-10-13 22:21:06,643::INFO::[downloader:423]
[email protected]: Initiating connection
2015-10-13 22:21:12,012::INFO::[downloader:423]
[email protected]: Initiating connection
2015-10-13 22:21:16,627::INFO::[downloader:423]
[email protected]: Initiating connection
2015-10-13 22:21:21,492::INFO::[downloader:423]
[email protected]: Initiating connection
2015-10-13 22:21:27,360::INFO::[downloader:423]
[email protected]: Initiating connection
2015-10-13 22:21:31,881::INFO::[downloader:423]
[email protected]: Initiating connection
2015-10-13 22:21:36,308::INFO::[downloader:423]
[email protected]: Initiating connection
4 seconds between each connection - is this something new in .0.8?