CBS News was the first to post a story that conceded the grand streaming experiment of the inauguration -- including its own streams -- was brought to its knees at just the moment for which Americans had been waiting:
Indeed, during the speech, the CNN Live/ Facebook streaming social network hybrid had its moments.
One moment, it looked like this:
And the next moment, this ...
Given the new administration's heavy reliance on these technologies, networks -- social, cable, television and other -- will not have another four years to figure out the problem of latency during high traffic moments
Minutes after noon as Barack Obama took the oath of office, the much talked about online video coverage of the event almost ground to a halt.
Just as massive crowds filled the National Mall in Washington, millions of users flocked to online video feeds. Maybe we're not as far into the Internet Age as we thought because for the 20 or so minutes surrounding the big moment, it was hard, if not impossible, to watch the inaugural festivities....
Clicking around to some of the other major news outlets, they seemed to be having similar issues.
Indeed, during the speech, the CNN Live/ Facebook streaming social network hybrid had its moments.
One moment, it looked like this:
And the next moment, this ...
Given the new administration's heavy reliance on these technologies, networks -- social, cable, television and other -- will not have another four years to figure out the problem of latency during high traffic moments
Full inauguration day 2009 watch on CNN web-site:
watch here
High speed and quality is checked!
I watched a lot of the pre-inauguration stuff from a coffee shop with a shoddy internet connection. I liked ABCNews.com for it. The video would keep freezing, but the audio never stopped. I thought that was great!