[Gllug] DEC site melts down

[james at eccehomo.co.uk]

On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 04:23:05PM +0000, Rev Simon Rumble wrote:
> http://www.dec.org.uk/
> 
> "Due to high volume of traffic on our website you may experience 
>  difficulty making a donation online if this is the case, you can make a 
>  credit card donation by telephone on 0870 60 60 900 or please please 
>  try later, we need your money."
> 
> I think I can work out where the problem lies:
> http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://www.dec.org.uk


Earlier, their phone number was inoperative.  And Oxfam's site was dog slow -- too slow to use )=: .  The British Red Cross' telephone was turning people away, but their website took donations (through WorldPay).  

James.
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