Obama’s inauguration caused record-breaking streaming video traffic online. CNN more than quadrupled its previous record of 5.3 million streams set on the US’s election day in November. The online news service delivered 25 million live video streams between 6 am and 6 pm, peaking at 1.3 million users just prior to Obama’s address. However, millions around the world were unable to access the historical event because of websites unable to cope with the traffic. Several sites were slow or inaccessible for many users due to the interest in Obama’s inauguration. Twitter’s feed was flooded by nearly 100 people per second and the internet’s top 40 websites slowed by as much as 60 percent by the time the inauguration began. This was a seminal moment in… Read the Rest »
