The launch of Apple's latest operating system caused a bandwidth traffic jam as users stampeded to download iOS 7, according to Blue Coat.In the five days following the release of the iOS 7 customers saw a 265 per cent increase in Apple.com traffic, compared to the five days before. This caused significant disruption of bandwidth data patterns which in turn resulted in slower internet speeds.Learn how smart CIOs are protecting customers from security breachesThe findings are based on the data collected by security software firm Blue Coat from appliances around the world.As of June this year, Apple had sold 600 million devices, 93 per cent of which were running iOS 6.The appetite of Apple customers for new software combined with the size of the file download pushed Apple's servers to the limit.For customers who typically saw Apple.com account for less than 4 per cent of their tr
