Inauguration Ceremony Video of President : Record View

The websites in the internet had never seen such a traffic before. Yes, this happenned during the Inauguration Ceremony of President Barack Obama. The day was very busy for the websites. Reports from famous companies that deliver internet video.

Akamai Technologies Inc. said “7.7 million people watched the video streams provided by them”. Moreover, this is the record high view for the company, which is hired by many news sites to handle video delivery.

The other major company called Limelight Networks Inc., which consider to be the best compitetor for Akamai Technologies. Limelight said “2.5 million people watched the inauguration on sites that use Limelight for delivery”.

Not all the websites were successful in delivering the video. Infact, most of them were not able to sustain the huge traffic. CNN website had to place some viewers on a “wait list” for a while before they could view the live stream.  Keynote Systems Inc., which tracks the internet performance said that “most of the websites slowed down by 60% during the ceremony programme.