This is all a bit too familiar.....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3270377.stm
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Details of the way a website carrying the 1901 census was "overwhelmed" by demand have emerged in a report from the National Audit Office.
The site had to be withdrawn five days after its launch in 2002 after visits from around 1.2 million users an hour.
The site was reopened
seven months later and now caters for between 8,000 and 10,000 internet users every day."
Question. Who was the contractor that setup that website?
Answer. QinetiQ
I hope we've got our expected usage levels for JPA correct!