Yesterday, we not only witnessed the inauguration of Barack H. Obama (did anyone find that “H” to be rather conspicuous-sounding and bizarre also?) but also perhaps (to the satisfaction of the right-wing of the US) the largest, though all-too-temporary collective anti-capitalist action.
What am I talking about?
According to the NY Times, more people attempted to stream online video coverage of the inauguration than ever, setting records for Internet traffic. Some people’s Internet was too spotty to even watch successfully.
When people are checking for election results or the score for a big game, they tend to produce smaller bursts of traffic spread out over several hours. On Tuesday, everyone wanted to watch video, and that produced bulky streams of data traveling from media companies’ data centers out to people at work and in their homes.
Here are some stats.
Akamai, which helps companies meet demand for their online offerings, worked with media companies like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Viacom to stream live video. It reported a record-breaking day, feeding up seven million video streams at one time.
X-posted at Human Potential.
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