TMZ reports Jacko’s Death Grinds the Internet to a Halt

TMZ reports in the moments following Michael Jackson’s death — so many people rushed to the Internet, that it practically stopped the entire WWW in its tracks.

Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, AIM — just a few of the scores of major web sites bombed by a tidal wave of traffic. Most of the sites still worked, but the epically high traffic numbers caused them all to move at a snail’s pace.

The last time the ‘net had this kind of traffic — Obama’s inauguration.

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One Response to “TMZ reports Jacko’s Death Grinds the Internet to a Halt”

  1. Body Detox Diets. Says:

    I will surely miss Michael Jackson, he is really worthy of the name King of Pop and he is certainly one of the greatest musicians of all time…


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