Technology is great for sports fans when it works. When it doesn't, it's frustrating. As a football fan, I like to go on a fan site for my team on game day to read the the fans are saying. that worked today for a half. then the server went down.
Not only did it go down, it never came back up. This is an issue. If your technology can't handle heavy traffic, then why bother having the site at all? After all, it shouldn't take a genius to figure out that you're going to have a lot of visitors during a game. There's an auto racing site I'm registered at where the fans complain about the same thing.
Come on people, don't be cheap with the equipment. If you want to be taken seriously, you have to have a certain level of service. A small local site doesn't have the traffic of say, ESPN. So no, it doesn't need the servers they have. but it still should be able to handle a large number of fans who want to discuss the game & the team. Otherwise we will go elsewhere.
My local paper had an article today about Google planning to build a new headquarters complex of 42 acres. Right now they have 17,000 workers in 65 buildings in Mountain View. The new complex will be at NASA & will be 1.2 M square feet. I don't think they will have server issues.
The website I'm talking about probably is one room in an office or someones house. With moderators all over the place. Some of the regulars live overseas. I think a certain degree of service should be expected.
Not only did it go down, it never came back up. This is an issue. If your technology can't handle heavy traffic, then why bother having the site at all? After all, it shouldn't take a genius to figure out that you're going to have a lot of visitors during a game. There's an auto racing site I'm registered at where the fans complain about the same thing.
Come on people, don't be cheap with the equipment. If you want to be taken seriously, you have to have a certain level of service. A small local site doesn't have the traffic of say, ESPN. So no, it doesn't need the servers they have. but it still should be able to handle a large number of fans who want to discuss the game & the team. Otherwise we will go elsewhere.
My local paper had an article today about Google planning to build a new headquarters complex of 42 acres. Right now they have 17,000 workers in 65 buildings in Mountain View. The new complex will be at NASA & will be 1.2 M square feet. I don't think they will have server issues.
The website I'm talking about probably is one room in an office or someones house. With moderators all over the place. Some of the regulars live overseas. I think a certain degree of service should be expected.
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