Actually, they upgraded the servers right before the last free day and used that day as a shake down test for the new systems. (A month ago or so). I think they're just slammed with a lot more customers this time around.
-Bob On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:38 AM, <john.fo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Now, I'm not sure what kind of testing they did, but it seems to me, they > almost willy-nilly beefed up the servers and annouced Free Day around the > same time. It doesn't seem they tested the servers to handle such a load, or > simply the response they are receiving from the public is so massive, that > they simply underestimated what they needed by a factor of 10! That or their > webservers aren't configured right =) > > John Foege > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Krull <steve-kr...@cox.net> > Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 09:52:52 > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement< > time-nuts@febo.com> > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun > > Their site has been slow at least since Monday. I wonder if their > migration to new servers isn't going as well as hoped? > > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:48 AM, J. L. Trantham wrote: > > > Nope, me too. > > > > Joe > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] > > On > > Behalf Of John Green > > Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 8:28 AM > > To: time-nuts@febo.com > > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun > > > > > > I was going to try to purchase a Prologix GPIB converter but I can't > > access > > their site. I sent an e mail informing them but have not gotten a > > reply. Is > > it just me? _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > > To unsubscribe, go to > > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > > To unsubscribe, go to > > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.