
Started at 3:01. Finally got in at 3:46. Problem with people who have a discount, either corporate or govt. Someone didn't link it correctly in Verizon's system. At least Verizon was better than Apple, down for almost 3 hours. Same guy ran the live stream from Cupertino.
Ranking of disasters:
1. Meteor that killed the dino's
2. Bubonic plague
3. Apple pre-order day
4. Apple live stream on announcement day
I got in (FINALLY) with the iPad app at 3:57 am (after having been trying since 2:50 am ET). 128GB gold 6+, set for delivery on 09/19.
This is exactly what happened to me too.
Finally got the same thing at around the exact same time.