Apple almost broke the internet with iOS 7 launch

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When people want something, they usually want it now. When Apple users want something, they wonder why they didn’t already have it yesterday. As a result, the internet nearly died of exhaustion.

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As big as the lines outside Apple stores were for the launch of the company’s two new iPhones were last week, the virtual lines to download iOS 7 may have been even more impressive. 

After iOS 7 became available to download last Wednesday, Internet traffic from Apple.com tripled to more than 13% for the average customers of Sunnyvale-based Blue Coat Systems. The company makes hardware and software that helps companies monitor and optimize their Web traffic.

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