Canada - Do Not Call list opened, Servers down.

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Website, phone lines for do-not-call list overwhelmed
Last Updated: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 | 10:31 AM ET Comments99Recommend100
CBC News

So many people are trying to register their phone numbers on the federal do-not-call list, the website has crashed and the phone lines have a constant busy tone.

Commenters to CBCNews.ca expressed frustration at not being able to get through, but not all of them were surprised at the breakdown.

"It appears the do-not-call registry site was so popular it brought down their server. I am getting … page cannot be displayed errors," wrote Alienc, of Riverview, N.B.

"Great idea but [too] bad the DNC registry website is unavailable.…Typical," wrote VACMAN, of Nova Scotia.

The popularity of the list was not unexpected. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has projected that of Canada's 27 million residential phone lines, which include cellphone numbers, 16 million would be on the do-not-call list within two years.

However, it's possible the CRTC didn't expect millions to try to join the list in the first week. The CRTC confirmed the website went live at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, and about 200,000 people were able to register before it crashed eight or nine hours later.
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