Still, there have been some problems, as acknowledged in this subsequent message:

To ensure a smooth shopping process, we are temporarily turning off the create account function to resolve some error messages.

— C4HCO (@C4HCO) October 1, 2013

But the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative found old-fashioned communication worked just fine:

Kudos to the @C4HCO call center; on hold less than 20 secs before they answered our questions #cohealth

— CCHI Policy Updates (@cchipolicy) October 1, 2013

As for Andrew Villegas, assistant editor of Kaiser Health News, he noted via Twitter that he was able to compare rates on the website, but occasionally triggered the aforementioned error message; he tweeted the image above. Not that Colorado's exchange was the only one with problems, as he noted in another tweet:

We @KHNews are seeing many error messages on #Obamacare insurance exchange websites so far this morning. "Expect glitches" message right.

— Andrew Villegas (@ReporterAndrew) October 1, 2013

Then again, there's at least hope of getting something to work, unlike anyone who visits the National Park Service site. Drop by and this is what you'll see:

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Guess instead of visiting a natural wonder, you can shop for insurance.

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