Response from O2

[digmo]

Has anyone seen this
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/07/08/apple_iphone_o2_email/

according to this guy 13,000 orders per second resulting them to be sold out in a few hours. BUT they said 200,000 expressed an interest !

13,000 orders a second means
780,000 orders a minute
46.8 million an hour

Where did the other people come from... If this is what we are up against we are doomed from the start.

David

 

[MacMalv]

there have been a few threads on this and is now on the iphone front page.

 

[calculus]

13,000 orders a second means
780,000 orders a minute
46.8 million an hour

These figures are correct. Each person in the UK has bought eight iPhones.

 

[johnwin]

Has anyone seen this
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/07/08/apple_iphone_o2_email/

according to this guy 13,000 orders per second resulting them to be sold out in a few hours. BUT they said 200,000 expressed an interest !

13,000 orders a second means
780,000 orders a minute
46.8 million an hour

Where did the other people come from... If this is what we are up against we are doomed from the start.

David

I challenged a CS guy on this earlier today - told him that this *might* be the peak number of server requests but unless they were taking worldwide and inter-galactic orders their management were either stupid or liars.

 

[digmo]

Sorry for reposting

I wonder did me mean 13K orders via the site that day ? would that be more realistic ? given it was https traffic what server could cope with that.

David

 

[Samaritan]

I challenged a CS guy on this earlier today - told him that this *might* be the peak number of server requests but unless they were taking worldwide and inter-galactic orders their management were either stupid or liars.

I want to see the DHL driver's face when he gets his schedule and it says

Chiswick
Folkestone
Outer Hebrides
Namibia
Moon
Mars
Alpha Centauri
Polaris
Andromeda
etc..

 

[mrhands123]

don't you think it may be 13,000 people 'trying' to order a second, thats why it didn't work for a lot of people...??


JH

 

[zainjetha]

what utter crap..... 46.8 million an hour? oh please, o2...

 

[stuartdavenport]

I got the same reply, good to know we all get that personal touch eh?

Kinda frustrating they didnt answer my questions directly - but once again, O2 customer service fails again... Actually, I shouldn't say that, usually the guys who answer the phones are pretty helpful, it just seems they are being fed the same stale info as its customers...

 

[DenniZ]

what utter crap..... 46.8 million an hour? oh please, o2...

lol, wow people can press refresh pretty fast lol.

 

[johnwin]

These figures are correct. Each person in the UK has bought eight iPhones.

in an hour! The uk rocks!!!

 

[Samaritan]

These figures are correct. Each person in the UK has bought eight iPhones.

That's it.

I'm cancelling my order.

Its obvious that this phone is going to be too common.

I won't feel like a special techie fanboy anymore.

 

[digmo]

02 should contact the Guinness book of records with this one. I just don't understand how I managed to get an order confirmation tonight I had all be given up. The whole thing is so strange.

David