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  • Many proxy servers don't understand it, especially older proxy servers. Many proxy servers want the Content-Length up front so they can allocate a buffer to store the request before passing it onto the real server.
  • Some of the older WebServices stacks also have problems with Chunking. Specifically, older versions of .NET.

If you are getting strang strange errors (generally not soap faults, but other HTTP type errors) when trying to interact with a service, try turning off chunking to see if that helps.