Originally Posted by
dml1954
There is no separate queue - its all the same one. Plus if say 1000 people are all waiting and trying to log on prior to the site going live, as soon as it does go live that means that all 1000 people are trying to get in the queue at exactly the same time. Thats why websites crash - they cant take the volume. If everyone waited until after the specified time, the attempts would be staggered enough to not cause crashing.