diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index 5408dd9..b110e82 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -183,6 +183,14 @@
              */
             lmstEpoch: Date.UTC(2020, 2, 18, 0, 0, 0),
 
+            /*
+             * subscriptionMCWSFilterDelay: delay in milliseconds for combining filters for the same subscription
+             * endpoint connection. Smaller value = quicker display of realtime data (ex, 10ms in a
+             *  low latency environment), higher value = avoids potentially creating and subsequently tearing down new websocket connections if filter changes are happening faster than server response times
+             * (ex, 100ms+ in a high latency environment)
+            */
+            subscriptionMCWSFilterDelay: 100,
+
             /**
              * timeSystems: specify the time systems to use.
              * Options are 'scet', 'ert', 'sclk', 'msl.sol' and 'lmst'.
diff --git a/src/realtime/MCWSDataProductStreamProvider.js b/src/realtime/MCWSDataProductStreamProvider.js
index 31bff5b..c63f5e4 100644
--- a/src/realtime/MCWSDataProductStreamProvider.js
+++ b/src/realtime/MCWSDataProductStreamProvider.js
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@ import MCWSStreamProvider from './MCWSStreamProvider';
  * @memberof {vista/telemetry}
  */
 class MCWSDataProductStreamProvider extends MCWSStreamProvider {
-    constructor(openmct, vistaTime, options) {
-        super(openmct, vistaTime);
-        this.options = options;
-    }
-
     getUrl(domainObject) {
         return domainObject.telemetry?.dataProductStreamUrl;
     }
diff --git a/src/realtime/MCWSFrameEventStreamProvider.js b/src/realtime/MCWSFrameEventStreamProvider.js
index babaaa8..e0fbcb1 100644
--- a/src/realtime/MCWSFrameEventStreamProvider.js
+++ b/src/realtime/MCWSFrameEventStreamProvider.js
@@ -5,14 +5,6 @@ import MCWSStreamProvider from './MCWSStreamProvider';
  * @memberof {vista/telemetry}
  */
 class MCWSFrameEventStreamProvider extends MCWSStreamProvider {
-    /**
-     * @param {Object} openmct The Open MCT API
-     * @param {Object} vistaTime The Vista time API
-     */
-    constructor(openmct, vistaTime) {
-        super(openmct, vistaTime);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Get the URL for streaming data for this domain object
      * @param {Object} domainObject The domain object
diff --git a/src/realtime/MCWSStreamProvider.js b/src/realtime/MCWSStreamProvider.js
index 16d33b1..22d51f3 100644
--- a/src/realtime/MCWSStreamProvider.js
+++ b/src/realtime/MCWSStreamProvider.js
@@ -16,17 +16,20 @@ import GlobalStaleness from 'services/globalStaleness/globalStaleness';
  */
 
 class MCWSStreamProvider {
-    constructor(openmct, vistaTime) {
+    constructor(openmct, vistaTime, options) {
         this.openmct = openmct;
         this.vistaTime = function () {
             return vistaTime;
         };
+        this.options = options;
 
         this.sessions = sessionService();
         this.filterService = filterService();
 
         this.subscriptions = {};
         this.requests = {};
+
+        this.subscriptionMCWSFilterDelay = options?.time?.subscriptionMCWSFilterDelay;
     }
 
     processGlobalStaleness(data, latestTimestamp) {
@@ -214,7 +217,8 @@ class MCWSStreamProvider {
             key: this.getKey(domainObject),
             property: this.getProperty(domainObject),
             mcwsVersion: domainObject.telemetry.mcwsVersion,
-            extraFilterTerms: options?.filters ? this.serializeFilters(options.filters) : undefined
+            extraFilterTerms: options?.filters ? this.serializeFilters(options.filters) : undefined,
+            subscriptionMCWSFilterDelay: this.subscriptionMCWSFilterDelay
         };
 
         function unsubscribe() {
diff --git a/src/realtime/MCWSStreamWorkerScript.js b/src/realtime/MCWSStreamWorkerScript.js
index 514f1af..66c9caa 100644
--- a/src/realtime/MCWSStreamWorkerScript.js
+++ b/src/realtime/MCWSStreamWorkerScript.js
@@ -27,13 +27,14 @@
      * @param {Object} extraFilterTerms additional filter terms
      * @param {Object} globalFilters global filters to apply
      */
-    constructor(url, property, topic, extraFilterTerms, globalFilters) {
+    constructor(url, property, topic, extraFilterTerms, globalFilters, subscriptionMCWSFilterDelay) {
       this.url = url;
       this.topic = topic;
       this.subscribers = {};
       this.property = property;
       this.extraFilterTerms = extraFilterTerms;
       this.globalFilters = globalFilters;
+      this.subscriptionMCWSFilterDelay = subscriptionMCWSFilterDelay ?? 100;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@
       this.pending = setTimeout(() => {
         this.pending = undefined;
         this.reconnect();
-      }, 100);
+      }, this.subscriptionMCWSFilterDelay);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@
      * @param {MCWSStreamSubscription} subscription the subscription to obtain
      */
     subscribe(subscription) {
-      const { url, key, property, extraFilterTerms } = subscription;
+      const { url, key, property, extraFilterTerms, subscriptionMCWSFilterDelay } = subscription;
       const cacheKey = this.generateCacheKey(url, property, extraFilterTerms);
 
       if (!this.connections[cacheKey]) {
@@ -253,7 +254,8 @@
           property,
           this.activeTopic,
           extraFilterTerms,
-          this.activeGlobalFilters
+          this.activeGlobalFilters,
+          subscriptionMCWSFilterDelay
         );
       }
 
diff --git a/src/realtime/plugin.js b/src/realtime/plugin.js
index 703e624..a0f71dc 100644
--- a/src/realtime/plugin.js
+++ b/src/realtime/plugin.js
@@ -14,16 +14,16 @@ function RealtimeTelemetryPlugin(vistaTime, options) {
     return function install(openmct) {
         filterService(openmct, options.globalFilters);
 
-        openmct.telemetry.addProvider(new MCWSChannelStreamProvider(openmct, vistaTime));
-        openmct.telemetry.addProvider(new MCWSEVRStreamProvider(openmct, vistaTime));
-        openmct.telemetry.addProvider(new MCWSEVRLevelStreamProvider(openmct, vistaTime));
-        openmct.telemetry.addProvider(new MCWSCommandStreamProvider(openmct, vistaTime));
-        openmct.telemetry.addProvider(new MCWSPacketSummaryEventProvider(openmct, vistaTime));
+        openmct.telemetry.addProvider(new MCWSChannelStreamProvider(openmct, vistaTime, options));
+        openmct.telemetry.addProvider(new MCWSEVRStreamProvider(openmct, vistaTime, options));
+        openmct.telemetry.addProvider(new MCWSEVRLevelStreamProvider(openmct, vistaTime, options));
+        openmct.telemetry.addProvider(new MCWSCommandStreamProvider(openmct, vistaTime, options));
+        openmct.telemetry.addProvider(new MCWSPacketSummaryEventProvider(openmct, vistaTime, options));
         openmct.telemetry.addProvider(new MCWSDataProductStreamProvider(openmct, vistaTime, options));
-        openmct.telemetry.addProvider(new MCWSMessageStreamProvider(openmct, vistaTime));
-        openmct.telemetry.addProvider(new MCWSFrameSummaryStreamProvider(openmct, vistaTime));
-        openmct.telemetry.addProvider(new MCWSFrameEventStreamProvider(openmct, vistaTime));
-        openmct.telemetry.addProvider(new MCWSAlarmMessageStreamProvider(openmct, vistaTime));
+        openmct.telemetry.addProvider(new MCWSMessageStreamProvider(openmct, vistaTime, options));
+        openmct.telemetry.addProvider(new MCWSFrameSummaryStreamProvider(openmct, vistaTime, options));
+        openmct.telemetry.addProvider(new MCWSFrameEventStreamProvider(openmct, vistaTime, options));
+        openmct.telemetry.addProvider(new MCWSAlarmMessageStreamProvider(openmct, vistaTime, options));
     }
 }