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    <title>topic Re: website crashes one word Joke in Discussions &amp; Feedback</title>
    <link>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/744593#M50700</link>
    <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;@Anonymous wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;I totally agree.&amp;nbsp; O2's website has been a joke for over a year or so.... but this is ridiculous.&amp;nbsp; HAVE THEY NEVER HEARD OF PERFORMANCE/LOAD TESTING????&lt;/P&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;@Anonymous wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;I can not believe that with all the time you have had to prepare and knowledge of how many people will be trying to pre order you still cant get your IT ready. NOT WORKING. GATEWAY ERROR 502. Sort it out or buying elsewhere.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Sure they have and they probably do test under load. Except there is probably no test case for &lt;EM&gt;x&lt;/EM&gt; amount of users press F5 &lt;EM&gt;y&lt;/EM&gt; amount of times in a short period of time over an SSL connection going back and forwards &lt;EM&gt;z&lt;/EM&gt; times.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Once you do have the results from testing, then there is the analysis of the figures followed by adjustment and running through the scenario again. Which all has to be documented for review and inevitably costs money in time and resources. Over the course of a year, this situation is rather small compared to the actual response of the website during normal loading periods which is more like the usual test cases they plan for.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Throw into that the setup of the cluster of front-end servers, databases and whatever programming language they use for processing then its not as straight forward as you think as there might be some other interfaces involved we don't know about. Java has its own set of tuning parameters let alone Nginx which they've swapped to from Apache (Source: &lt;A href="http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=www.o2.co.uk#last_reboot)." target="_blank"&gt;http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=www.o2.co.uk#last_reboot).&lt;/A&gt; Even the operating system needs to be tuned and believe me, even if the stats show its good under load, it can go wrong.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If you want to know more on the subject, google: apache performance tuning, java performance tuning and then lookup linux performance tuning. The subject is quite fascinating once you get into it.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:12:51 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>sheepdog</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2014-09-12T14:12:51Z</dc:date>
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      <title>website crashes one word Joke</title>
      <link>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743251#M50609</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I can not believe that with all the time you have had to prepare and knowledge of how many people will be trying to pre order you still cant get your IT ready. NOT WORKING. GATEWAY ERROR 502. Sort it out or buying elsewhere.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:27:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743251#M50609</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-09-12T07:27:42Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: website crashes one word Joke</title>
      <link>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743269#M50610</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;not good!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I managed to get it to load briefly and the iphone 6 plus wasnt even listed..&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:30:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743269#M50610</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-09-12T07:30:16Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: website crashes one word Joke</title>
      <link>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743273#M50611</link>
      <description>I'm afraid this is happening everywhere my friend.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Nature of an Apple product launch.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Servers go into meltdown. &lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":disappointed_face:"&gt;😞&lt;/span&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:30:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743273#M50611</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-09-12T07:30:29Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: website crashes one word Joke</title>
      <link>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743313#M50612</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;O2 , another botched iphone launch !!!! when will you learn !!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have been with you for 12 years and have upgraded to every new iphone since it's launch . EVERY time the same issues , nothing works&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;- website keeps crashing&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;- phone , i have been on hold for 35 minutes !!!!!!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;- chat - on hold for 30 minutes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Completly useless , I truly think it is time to go an see elsewhere .....&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:39:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743313#M50612</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-09-12T07:39:45Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: website crashes one word Joke</title>
      <link>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743327#M50613</link>
      <description>Frustrating times indeed.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;We all as fellow customers appreciate the frustration.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;I'm fairly confident the other networks and independents along with Apple Stores will be experiencing the same issues.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:41:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743327#M50613</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-09-12T07:41:44Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: website crashes one word Joke</title>
      <link>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743329#M50614</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;what annoys me is the fact i phoned at 8.01 exactly and I'm still on-hold, started a web chat and got half way through the process and they ended the chat.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I tried calling them off my work phone only to go through all the options and then be told by an automated message there to busy to take my call and hang up.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;absolute joke, every year this happens. I understand it's a big launch, but it happens annually - surely they can prepare for it!! maybe if they'd released more information sooner rather than leaving it until 15 mins before the phones opened they wouldn't have agents on the phone so long explaining all the different tariffs as nobody can get on the website to see them!!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;14 years I've been with O2 and it never ceases to amaze me that this still happens after they've experienced the same issues for years.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;rant over&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:42:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743329#M50614</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-09-12T07:42:04Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: website crashes one word Joke</title>
      <link>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743337#M50615</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;this happened when i got my iphone 5. took them hours to sort it. I cant believe they havent planned ahead for this.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:43:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743337#M50615</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-09-12T07:43:38Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: website crashes one word Joke</title>
      <link>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743339#M50616</link>
      <description>Everyone deserves to vent.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Info wouldn't have been released beforehand as their all playing who will go first at releasing the tariffs etc.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Hope your successful soon.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:43:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743339#M50616</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-09-12T07:43:53Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: website crashes one word Joke</title>
      <link>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743343#M50617</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I have been trying with no sucess, I cant even leave O2 as the call just disconnects, waste of time shall buy the phone outright and go with tescos or gifgaf, O2 load of **bleep**e&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;And Mr Band of Brothers please do not comment as all your spouting if inflaming the immotive subject!&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:49:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-09-12T07:49:54Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: website crashes one word Joke</title>
      <link>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743345#M50618</link>
      <description>Think of o2's customer base and then factor in perhaps that only a couple of % are online trying to pre order right now = melt down.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:47:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-09-12T07:47:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: website crashes one word Joke</title>
      <link>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743351#M50619</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;but from what I know from someone who works in the industry, basically apple set all the pricing.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;if you look at the networks, all the tariffs are pratically the same, always are. they go on about rewarding customers, reward the ones who want an iphone by giving us the information to enable us to make a decision, also use some of the millions they'll be making from this launch to invest in a more robust platform so it doesn't crumple 15 seconds after the information appears on the site.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:49:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-09-12T07:49:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: website crashes one word - Joke</title>
      <link>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743357#M50620</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;ARE YOU GUYS FOR REAL?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Website crashes, phone lines just cut you off, chat unavailable.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;It's not even like you weren't expecting this rush today of all days????&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;So you didn't think of opening up extra phone lines, maybe getting some extra bandwidth for the site, putting some extra bods on Chat?????&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Am going to cancel contract with you guys and go elsewhere! It really is a joke!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:50:28 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-09-12T07:50:28Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: website crashes one word Joke</title>
      <link>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743367#M50621</link>
      <description>Did o2 not predict this it happens every launch, NOT ROCKET SCIENCE</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:52:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743367#M50621</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-09-12T07:52:13Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: website crashes one word Joke</title>
      <link>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743385#M50622</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I just ordered a 6 64 Gb in less than 20 secs from apple web site.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 08:58:20 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-09-12T08:58:20Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: website crashes one word Joke</title>
      <link>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743395#M50623</link>
      <description>Mate your just being silly. &lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":disappointed_face:"&gt;😞&lt;/span&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;I Order mine from Apple too.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;And.....</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:56:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-09-12T07:56:03Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: website crashes one word Joke</title>
      <link>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743413#M50624</link>
      <description>so if they can sort it out why can't O2????</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:59:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-09-12T07:59:27Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: website crashes one word Joke</title>
      <link>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743419#M50626</link>
      <description>What contract have you got through the Apple store or have you purchased it sim free ?</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 08:01:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-09-12T08:01:31Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: website crashes one word Joke</title>
      <link>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743463#M50629</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Just joined this thread...now leaving... as it is again Apple related..&lt;img id="fearsmiley" class="emoticon emoticon-fearsmiley" src="https://community.o2.co.uk/html/@0FEBF6330CB8CF56485626C8ACBFFA76/images/smilies/fearsmiley.gif" alt="Fear" title="Fear" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 08:12:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Cleoriff</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-09-12T08:12:42Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: website crashes one word Joke</title>
      <link>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743473#M50630</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Not really it's O2 who cannot sort out their services, not apples fault for realeasing a product that everyone wants, never seem to have this furore with Samsung or LG or Sony&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 08:15:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-09-12T08:15:34Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: website crashes one word Joke</title>
      <link>https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Discussions-Feedback/website-crashes-one-word-Joke/m-p/743509#M50631</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Talk about fail to prepare, prepare to fail. Surely tyu must have known your systems were going to be under pressure today and they simply cant cope. Cant order the iphone on your website or when you call in as all your systems have crashed. One word - incompetent!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 08:24:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-09-12T08:24:04Z</dc:date>
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