5 million, 645,000, what's the difference?

[Quantum Windbag]

Remember those claims that Covered California crashed over 5 million hits? It turns out they got a bit fewer than they said.

California's health insurance exchange vastly overstated the number of online hits it received Tuesday during the rollout of Obamacare.
State officials said the Covered California website got 645,000 hits during the first day of enrollment, far fewer than the 5 million it reported Tuesday.
The state exchange had cited the 5 million figure as a sign of strong consumer interest and a major reason people had so much difficulty using its $313-million online enrollment system.
Dana Howard, a spokesman for Covered California, said the error was the result of internal miscommunication.
"Someone misspoke and thought it was indeed 5 million hits. That was incorrect," he said.

California exchange overstated its Web traffic for Obamacare launch - latimes.com

 

[jon_berzerk]

of that how many are buying as opposed to snooping through the site

 

[TemplarKormac]

One cannot possibly believe that all of those hits were people wanting to sign up for the exchanges. As with me, I am curious to see what it's like, who isn't? Be wary of the spin folks, for looks can be deceiving.

 

[Politico]

Ooops.

Oh and a hit means someone hit the site one time. It could have been much fewer people trying over and over during the day.

 

[theHawk]

Hey its kind of like the deficit.....$7 trillion ......$17 trillion....what's the difference?

 

[Katzndogz]

California outright lied. Once the site went down, there's no way to tell how many tried to to access it. It's just surprising that democrats can't recognize a cyber spam attack. People are just hitting this site over and over. People anywhere in the world can hit this website. A 10 year old could set up a robo to hit this site over and over 24/7.