What could go wrong in switching HTML encoding from UTF-8 to UTF-16?

Question

What are the implications of a change from UTF-8 to UTF-16 for HTML encoding? I would like to know your thoughts on the issue. Are there things I need to think of before m

Answer 1

• Your bandwidth consumption is likely to nearly double, assuming most of your HTML is ASCII
• Clients which incorrectly assume UTF-8 (or ASCII) will be confused

Why do you want to change to UTF-16?