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L.A. City Hall employees urged to stop watching Olympics at work

L.A.'s chief technology officer sends email imploring city workers to stop watching the Olympics online, fearing it could trigger a massive computer crash.

August 01, 2012|By Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times
  • Children play on the Olympic rings at the rowing venue in Eton Dorney, near Windsor, England,
Children play on the Olympic rings at the rowing venue in Eton Dorney, near… (Natacha Pisarenko / Associated…)



The email came on a day when the U.S. women's gymnastics team was competing, as well as the women's soccer team.




Mark Wolf, executive officer for information technology for the city, said he had not discussed the email with Levin but said any time employees watch streaming material, it takes up a tremendous amount of bandwidth. NBC is streaming the games live online, which taxes highly valuable bandwidth.

Asked about the city's struggling computer systems, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's press office referred calls to Levin, who did not return calls seeking comment.

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