"The volume of inquiries has been overwhelming,"' said Scott Corwin, the paper's Internet editor.
Eventually, the increased volume of inquiries persuaded him to hire additional sales representatives.
Once the right questions and responses have been programmed into the system, it is easy to add more capacity as the volume of inquiries increases.
We set up a dedicated email address and telephone line for customers to contact us directly and made sure that these were manned at the weekend to cope with the expected volume of inquiries.
Demand for the government-backed National Savings and Investment bonds was so strong when they were first issued last month that the NS&I website crashed in response to the volume of inquiries.
Mr. Hsieh said the company made the "hard decision" to temporarily shut off its phones, directing customers to correspond by e-mail because the phone systems "simply aren't capable" of handling the expected volume of inquiries.
"Electoral registration offices across Scotland are handling a high volume of inquiries and registrations.
Within hours, the mushrooming volume of inquiries convinced Gallego that this wasn't just any old card.
Given the volume of inquiries they receive, they generally only respond where there is interest on behalf of the business group.
The volume of inquiries from potential corporate clients has tapered off a bit since September, he adds, but not all that much.
Since H566 began mass production last week, it has already resulted in a volume of inquiries from domestic and international buyers, making it the first USB3.0 device with significant sales volume.
