Web traffic is back to relatively normal levels right now allowing more users to access streaming coverage from the news networks. Between 11:30amET and 12:30pmET, accessing Web sites which carried the swearing-in and speech was difficult if not impossible depending on your connection.

At this moment (2:12pm), we are able to access msnbc.com, for NBC’s live coverage as well as ABC’s coverage on ABCNews.com. After a few tries, we’re still not able to access CBS’s coverage on CBSNews.com (but the Audi pre-roll ad plays just fine.)

As CBS’s Political Hot Sheet blog puts it, “Maybe we’re not as far into the Internet Age as we thought. We here at CBSNews.com experienced streaming difficulties due to an unusually high number of requests.”

But this day will break records for Web traffic. In fact, even before the swearing-in, as of 11:10amET, CNN.com Live had served more than 8 million live video streams since 6am.

That breaks its all time total daily streaming record set on Election Day when it drew 5.3 million live streams.

> Update: According to early data, as of 1pmET today, msnbc.com served more than 14 million total video streams and the site has seen more than 80 million page views.

> Update, Update: As of 3:30pmET today, CNN.com has generated more than 136 million page views CNN.com Live has served more than 21.3 million live video streams globally since 6am. At its peak, CNN.com Live served more than 1.3 million concurrent live streams, which occurred immediately prior to President Obama’s inaugural address.

> Update (3): FOXNews.com is poised to break 5 million live streams of inauguration coverage, which would be the best delivery day ever in terms of live streaming.