A few World Series tickets went on sale - by phone only - here in Boston exactly at 3 p.m. yesterday. As the Boston Herald reports: Phones crash - just like Yankees.
Red Sox Nation brought the 617 area code to a halt briefly yesterday as droves of determined fans dialed furiously for coveted World Series tickets. ... Verizon anticipated a flood of Red Sox calls and prepared by putting brakes on its system so it would not get overloaded. But (a spokesman) said other wireless and long-distance carriers did not, and all of those ticket-seeking calls eventually had to funnel onto the Verizon system.
Michael, who handles IT support at a downtown-Boston law firm writes:
At 3:03, the helpdesk started taking calls from annoyed partners who couldn't make an outside call.Back to Compendium
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