socialmedian: Sunday evening - the new web rush hour

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Actual broadband speeds are less than half as advertised by the ISPs. By ajay

Jan 09, 2009

Sunday evening - the new web rush hour | PC Pro blog By esd714

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Sunday evening - the new web rush hour | PC Pro blog

Submitted by Infodiva

Jan 09, 2009

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Few will be surprised by the new Ofcom research that reveals actual broadband speeds are less than half of those advertised by the ISPs.

But the one big shock to come out of the detailed research is that the peak rush hour, when average web speeds slow to a crawl, is in fact Sunday between 5pm and 6pm, as we can see from the graph below. Read the full article

Comments (6)

Infodiva,

Jan 09, 2009

@jasongoldberg Didn't you mention a few months ago that socialmedian's peak usage is on Sunday?

Michaelfidler,

Jan 09, 2009

@infodiva Of all the things I missed this week(not much surprisingly), I find this little bit of info interesting.

Esd714,

Jan 09, 2009

wondering if this is weekend/work catch up time or if this is more recreational use? Should bloggers use this as a time to reach new audience?

Jasongoldberg,

Jan 09, 2009

@infodiva @michaelfidler @esd714 Yes, socialmedian has unusually high traffic Sunday nights.

Daynamarcum,

Jan 09, 2009

@jasongoldberg Sunday sales people plan for the week to show their boss they worked the week before and to gather "new" news to sell themselves as intelligent for the upcoming week.