Website for cash handouts 'can process 3.48m transactions a minute'

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Website for cash handouts 'can process 3.48m transactions a minute'

 

Charnkrit Dejwituk

 

The new website catering to those eligible for government cash handouts can serve 3.48 million transactions in one minute and would not overload, the vice minister to the prime minister, Charnkrit Dejwituk, said.

 

"Rao Mai Ting Kan" is a registration channel for people affected by the Covid-19 situation who will receive Bt5,000 from the government for three months. The registration will open from Saturday (March 28), 6pm.

 

“The website can serve 58,000 transactions at the same time, and 3.48 million per minute,” he said.

 

“Krungthai Bank will use artificial intelligence to screen the eligible persons, in line with the government’s criteria, from total registration, preventing permission to criminals,” he added.

 

The vice minister, moreover, said that the Finance Ministry would seek a bigger budget from the government if the number of eligible people is higher than the estimate.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30384981

 

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[johng]

4 minutes ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

can serve 3.48 million transactions in one minute and would not overload,

ohhh that's just asking for trouble !!!   ????

[PatOngo]

19 minutes ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

“Krungthai Bank will use artificial intelligence to screen the eligible persons, in line with the government’s criteria, from total registration, preventing permission to criminals,” he added.

Well doesn't that sound like a plan!

[cornishcarlos]

I think the "m" in the headline was a typo..

3.48 a minute is more achievable..

[rabas]

After 20 years, Immigration software is still barely functional. Doesn't have a clue what my new passport number is 3 years after renewal.

 

Now they will trust artificial intelligence to correctly identify 3 million unregistered people per minute?

 

I want to try!

 

[CharlieH]

artificial intelligence, as nobody possesses real intelligence ?

 

couldnt resist.... ????

[cornishcarlos]

24 minutes ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

The website can serve 58,000 transactions at the same time, and 3.48 million per minute,” he said.

 

So if the entire Thai population applies, all applications will be completed in 20mins ?? I take back everything I've ever said ????

[Surelynot]

Obviously not the same setup the IO offices use.

[Crossy]

1 hour ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

The registration will open from Saturday (March 28), 6pm.

 

I'll just get the 6.05PM headline ready - "Cash handout website crashes, millions left without money".

 

Only 40 minutes to go ...

 

[RJRS1301]

Perhaps since a bank is doing it there may be some hope, but I find the numbers and speed a little hard to believe, where have they trialed this and for how long?

Edited March 28, 2020 by RJRS1301

[sherwood]

This place just gets sillier ever hour. Unbelievable.

[Susco]

1 hour ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

“The website can serve 58,000 transactions at the same time, and 3.48 million per minute,” he said.

So every eligible Thai citizen should be sorted in the next 5 to 10 minutes

[Crossy]

6 minutes ago, Susco said:

So every eligible Thai citizen should be sorted in the next 5 to 10 minutes

 

Nah, it doesn't open for 15 minutes ????

 

[Crossy]

I found an online image of the server.

 

[Justgrazing]

1 hour ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

 

The new website catering to those eligible for government cash handouts can serve 3.48 million transactions in one minute and would not overload, the vice minister to the prime minister, Charnkrit Dejwituk, said.

 

[RJRS1301]

Little ironic Vice Minister barring criminals from payments?

 

[Crossy]

Six minutes to go!

 

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

The last time the govt did a handout like this, my wife tried pretty much daily at all hours of the day and night to access the website where she needed to register for that...and never was able to accomplish it... the website every time said something to the effect of, already fully registered for the day, try again tomorrow. Even if you tried accessing it at 12:01 am. And that was just sometime in the past year.

 

[bbi1]

It doesn't let you to apply, gives an error message before getting to the form

[DrTuner]

Good thing they used m and not M. I can fully believe they can make a wesite that handles 0.348 transactions per minute. On a very good day.

Edited March 28, 2020 by DrTuner

[kevin612]

My girlfriend is trying to register, but I guess too many people now doing the same thing, she can’t get in.

[eisfeld]

The website is failing already and throwing errors before you even access the form. Not surprising after boasting of the scalability like that. Sorry but it's just silly to give numbers like these when in the past all the websites from the government showed to be extremely buggy, hard to use and broken many times. Sigh.

 

Seems like a background request to the API for /api/inquiry/quota is failing with a 502 error. They are hosting with Google so in theory server capacity should be a solvable problem. I'd actually volunteer to help them with these things as I have relevant experience but no idea how I would go about contacting them or if they would accept help from a foreigner.

Edited March 28, 2020 by eisfeld

[bbi1]

1 minute ago, eisfeld said:

The website is failing already and throwing errors before you even access the form.

Exactly!

[ExpatOilWorker]

Who can apply?

Any Thai national?

[worgeordie]

My daughter is trying to do it now and the system is down, Thailand 4.0

regards worgeordie

[Isaanbiker]

1 hour ago, CharlieH said:

artificial intelligence, as nobody possesses real intelligence ?

 

couldnt resist.... ????

My artificial knee joint tells me that there's something wrong with their artificial intelligence. 

 

But it does make sense. If these people don't get their intelligence from the artificial educational system, there's no way to have intelligent people, nor smart banks. 

 

Written at real artificial 39 degrees Celsius.

[Solidpoo]

Can't get in, anyone has any luck ? 

 

Failure at 1st launch. Amazing.

[Crossy]

13 minutes ago, Solidpoo said:

Failure at 1st launch. Amazing.

 

But not exactly surprising.

 

[RichCor]

There was a front page, but not anymore.

 

EDIT: if I search for the Thai Text url, the following article (in Thai) comes up, expecting the site to crash and providing alternative ways to register.
  https://www.bangkokbiznews.com/news/detail/873159

Edited March 28, 2020 by RichCor

[Chelseafan]

58 minutes ago, Crossy said:

I found an online image of the server.

 

Is that the 8k Ram pack on the back ?

Edited March 28, 2020 by Chelseafan