<![CDATA[Gawker: valleywag, akamai technologies]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: valleywag, akamai technologies]]> http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/akamaitechnologies http://gawker.com/tag/valleywag/akamaitechnologies <![CDATA[Hotel discount offer blamed for server crash]]> Leading Hotels of the World, the fancy-lodging chain I only ever hear about in airline-magazine advertisements, has badly flubbed a discount offer celebrating its 80th birthday. So many people tried to get the chain's $19.28/night discount rate that its servers supposedly crashed.

Sure, blame the sysadmin. What the company is telling customers: It's hired Akamai Technologies to make sure the site stays online. But what we're wondering: Did someone forget to put a cap on the offer, and pull the plug on the website after more people than expected signed up for the $19.28 rate?

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