"Call volume on Christmas Day increased more than 100x from the start of the month, which impacted people's abilities to set up their devices or make calls,"
"It worked great, the kids were using it,"
"Then, Christmas morning, it stopped working. Sometimes you'd pick it up, and there would be a dial tone, you would call, and nothing would happen. Once in a while, a call would go through, and then two minutes later another call wouldn't."
The Tin Can is a WiFi-based, simplified landline-style phone for children that connects within a closed network of other Tin Can users for free calls or allows outside calls with a $10 monthly subscription. The devices are styled like traditional tin-can telephones with twirly cords and target kids too young for smartphones. On Christmas Day call volume rose more than 100× compared with earlier in the month, which impaired device setup and prevented many calls from connecting; some calls worked intermittently while others failed. Parents experienced widespread disruptions on Christmas morning and service was later restored.
Read at Futurism
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