VIA Rail Website Failures
Posted: July 28th, 2009 | Author: khosrow | Tags: internet, Technology, viarail | 10 Comments »
Someone at VIA didn’t think that introducing a 60% off sale would slow the site to a crawl. Since yesterday, their stunt (thanks to the strike) has made their site and all the services they offer through it inaccessible to the public.
I’ve been on their site for 2 days trying to get a ticket. During the day it’s non-responsive and even past midnight the site doesn’t function. I’m not sure if they thought about this rise in traffic. But in today’s world, this kind of weak infrastructure really looks bad on the organization, especially the guys greasing the wheels in the server room!
Here’s a thought guys: before you put out a call for a going-out-of-business sale, buy some bandwidth!