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BBC on Website Slow Downs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sure-gets-tricky dept.

HiveMaster writes "The BBC is carrying a report about the impact on websites as people try to get news regarding the war in Iraq. It talks of a report from Keynote Systems, which tests the reponsiveness of websites, which shows that the BBC news site has shown a fourfold increase in response times. However, Government sites in both the US and the UK are being hit, with the US Army site taking over 80 seconds to load at peak times." Also, here is a press release this. You can also read My journal where I've talked quite a bit about what Slashdot has done in preperation for traffic bursts.

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  1. Hmmm... by TopShelf · · Score: 3, Funny

    so if Taco posts a link to his own journal in the article header, can he /. /.???

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    1. Re:Hmmm... by John+Zebedee · · Score: 3, Funny

      How much / could a /.ter / if a /.ter could /. /.?

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    2. Re:Hmmm... by Error27 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Because it runs on MySQL.

  2. Your Journal? by SuDZ · · Score: 3, Funny

    Shameless plug for your journal to get us to read it? ;)

    SuDZ

  3. and it won't get any better... by babyblink · · Score: 5, Funny

    since you just slashdot it...

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  4. oi by Judg3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Here's a bunch of links to some sites that are really really unresponsive now because of the war. Everyone please go check them out"

    There's a joke in there somewhere, for sure.

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  5. Good idea... by bahwi · · Score: 4, Funny

    The BBC is under heavy load. Click here to see how slow their website is loading!

  6. slashdot by WPIDalamar · · Score: 3, Funny

    great, talking about web site slow downs, and then we go slashdot them!

  7. Give credit where credit is due by Mothra+the+III · · Score: 4, Funny

    Where is the term "Slashdot effect" in this article?

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  8. BBC Website Slows Down by Saggy · · Score: 4, Funny

    In other news, the BBC's website slows down as Slashdot, news for nerds, reports on the BBC reporting about website slow downs...

  9. Oh my God! They've slashdotted Bagdhad! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    You BASTARDS!

  10. Re:Fourfold!?? by CheeseburgerBlue · · Score: 5, Funny

    The use of the term "fourfold" itself nails the headline as coming from the BBC.

    A more North American slant would have been something pithier like "lots mucher."

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  11. a force stronger than the slashdot effect by CySurflex · · Score: 3, Funny
    War on Iraq is causing all these web sites to slow down?!?

    Finally a force stronger than the slashdot effect.