O2 are getting 13,000 orders per second

[03sho]

Just rang and the lady there was very helpful, my iphone atm is showing out of stock and she said that I won't be getting it on friday . She said they are getting 13,000 orders per second.

Also she told me that there will be more info on stock levels tomorrow on the website.

So what are the chances of her getting it all wrong and me getting my Iphone on friday?

 

[sananda]

She said they are getting 13,000 orders per second.

i don't see how unless everyone in the country is buying several.

 

[edesignuk]

She said they are getting 13,000 orders per second.

If you stop and think about that for even a moment, do you not think that something maybe isn't quite accurate there? That's almost 47m per hour.

 

[frosse]

Hahaha yeaaaaah right. And Steve Jobs secret lover is Steve Ballmer.

 

[.Andy]

And yet again, the iPhone forum takes it to another level

 

[jdcrow711]

It looks like perhaps immediately when pre-orders began they had a huge number of orders.... for one second. Yet O2 is acting like they are getting that many EVERY second.

sad.

 

[03sho]

Yes I know, but the lady was has such a cute voice

She was sooo sure.

 

[johnwin]

Just rang and the lady there was very helpful, my iphone atm is showing out of stock and she said that I won't be getting it on friday . She said they are getting 13,000 orders per second.

Also she told me that there will be more info on stock levels tomorrow on the website.

So what are the chances of her getting it all wrong and me getting my Iphone on friday?

Please stop and think before you post - that's 46.8 million orders per hour, this means that by 9:30am on Monday every person in the uk must have gone on line and ordered an iPhone.

They *may* have peaked at 13,000 server requests per second. Not hte same thing

 

[Joe23]

She's quoting from the statement made by Stephen Shurrock, Sales Director of O2, from yesterday:

"We run one of the busiest and most robust web stores in the UK. I appreciate that it is little comfort to you given your experience, but we had invested heavily to add a huge amount of additional capacity, 250 times its normal rate, and back-up systems. We tested this carefully in advance. The massive simultaneous crush, partly created by our open and honest communications approach with the registered community, exceeded even our worst case assumptions. Demand was at 13,000 orders per second. Frankly, we have to admit we just weren't prepared for this unprecedented level of demand. No website is."

That was before it all went tits up...

 

[edesignuk]

She's quoting from the statement made by Stephen Shurrock, Sales Director of O2, from yesterday:

Which is also complete bollocks, or in the very best case poorly worded.

Maybe the site was taking 13,000 hits per second over all, but they certainly weren't even attempting to process 13,000 orders.

 

[Lau]

Of course, if they had actually given priority to people that pre-registered like they said they would, they wouldn't have been getting that many hits and the site wouldn't have gone down and we'd all be happy.

Oh yeah, and it is clearly complete insulting nonsense, and the more they bleat on, the more incompetent they look...

 

[greenmymac]

Which is also complete bollocks, or in the very best case poorly worded.

Maybe the site was taking 13,000 hits per second over all, but they certainly weren't even attempting to process 13,000 orders.

Ya I don't think she knows what she is talking about Maybe she has 13,000 things going on in her head???? now thats possible

 

[GR33NIE]

13500 in total they told me this morning, im definately just a number now

 

[Joe23]

Which is also complete bollocks, or in the very best case poorly worded.

Maybe the site was taking 13,000 hits per second over all, but they certainly weren't even attempting to process 13,000 orders.

I think you're right. It's definitely a poorly worded email, designed for the average consumer to think "Ooh, big important figures, maybe I'll let them off then..."

 

[Holty123]

Just industry HYPE it was like this when iphone 1 came out i went to my local 02 store that night at 6pm and i was 2nd in the queue if you can call it that i suppose technically it was a queue when i got there