[LINK] eCensus seems to be choking on the load

[Alan L Tyree]

On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 15:57:20 +1000
Kim Holburn <kim at holburn.net> wrote:

> My mail client has gone strange and I didn't see this until I went
> to the archives.
> 
> I just logged onto the ecensus site and went through some of it  
> without a problem.

My experience has been nothing but good. Using Ubuntu and Firefox. I
partially filled out the form yesterday, finished and submitted today.
Worked a treat!

Alan

> 
> On Tue Aug 8 at 10:27:47 anthony hornby wrote:
> > Hi,
> > thought I'd report on using the eCensus on the actual day.
> > I have been attempting to complete this this morning and have had
> > five failed attempts to progress through the form so far. Total
> > time so far estimated at 1.5 hours.
> >
> > 5 x "404 page not found" messages on submit with loss of all data in
> > that section.
> >
> > Wait several minutes of retrying before you get in again between
> > each "404".
> >
> > I am now stuck on this error message.
> > "Error: Logon failed (code 570). Please wait 30 minutes and try
> > again. If you continue to receive this message, please call the
> > Census Inquiry
> > Service on 1300 651 181 and quote error message number 570 to the
> > Customer Service Representative."
> >
> > Looks like those that predicted it wouldn't handle the load are  
> > bang on
> > the money. Perhaps this was designed by the same lot that designed
> > the new customs management software at the ports <grin>.
> >
> > Ok, that should have wasted enough time .... back to try and log in
> > again <sigh>.
> >
> > Sometimes you should just stick with the paper version.
> >
> 
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