Internet News Sites Crushed by Election Traffic
As the world waited on Wednesday for the state of Florida to count the final votes, many big Internet news sites failed to stand up to the crush of visitors, sometimes even posting tallies that were close to a day old.
Guess it goes to show you that instantaneous magic doesn't happen (even on the web) if there is no way to get data / info to the pages.
"We actually thought we had prepared enough, but obviously we didn't," said John Nicol, General Manager - MSNBC.com
Wednesday, November 08, 2000
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