Will The Internet Be Able To Keep Up With Cyber Monday? Nov 27, 2006 Associated Press - While would-be online shoppers will be keeping an eye out for bargains this Cyber Monday, a lot of people will also be keeping an eye on how the Internet itself holds up on what is traditionally one of the biggest days for online shopping. Many sites are offering special online deals for those who chose to use the first official workday after Thanksgiving to log on to their computers at work and shop for gifts. But the problems that plagued many of those who tried to shop at home on Friday is likely to cause concern that the various sites and servers may not be up to the demand of a busy shopping day. High traffic disrupted Wal-Mart's Web site for much of Friday and Disney's Web site had problems handling increased demand. Amazon.com also suffered brief outages on Thursday, because it was running a Thanksgiving Day sale on the Microsoft Xbox 360 video game console. It will also be interesting to see how many people actually log on to shop at work this year as more and more people have access to high-speed Internet access at home or in other locations.
