Washington, DC – The swearing in of U.S. President Barack Obama and the other presidential inauguration activities generated massive Web traffic today, leading to site slowdowns but not to a general meltdown of the Internet.
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With intense and widespread interest in the ceremonies and festivities, especially President Obama’s oath of office and inaugural address, millions of people tuned in online, especially those without TV access while at work.
Big media, news and U.S. government sites streamed events live and prepared special sections for the inauguration, yet some were still caught off-guard and experienced performance problems, mostly between midmorning and 12:30 p.m.
Among those experiencing significant slowdowns were the sites of ABC, CBS, Fox Business, the L.A. Times, NBC, National Public Radio, USA Today and The Wall Street Journal.
Interest in today’s events was fueled by a combination of factors. President Obama is the country’s first African-American president. In addition, he comes into office trailed by widespread hope that he’ll fix the country’s economic crisis.
This inauguration was the first since online video became a mainstream activity, so it wasn’t a surprise that TV networks like CNN and MSNBC, as well as major newspapers like The New York Times and The Washington Post, provided live broadcasts on their sites.
Its a sad, sad day in American history. People are so easily swayed but silly soundbites about “change” and “hope”.
Next time use the J net.
I’m afraid that the day America will wake up it’ll be too late. G-d save us.
also it was the worst market drop in innagural day history
Don’t worry, he has enough Yidden to cover for his mistakes. Rahm etc……