Report reveals drop between peak and off-peak surfing

platypus · 16 Nov 2011 at 13:58

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15742055

It really does make me wonder who pays for this kind of "report". I'm only more surprised the article didn't end with Uswitchs supposed expert saying "people should switch more often!!!!!!111"

"It really is surprising just how much broadband speeds fluctuate at different times of the day, with drop-offs of almost 70% in some areas of the UK," said Uswitch's technology expert Ernest Doku.

Stood out for me the most. Ok 70% is a large figure, but what kind of "expert" doesn't expect a large change during peak usage, in comparison to non-peak?

PureAppleJuice · 16 Nov 2011 at 14:00

Madness, fairly obvious report, no?

Also, I like how any 'technology' related news item requires a picture of a cable of some description, in this case, a news article on ISPs sees the use of stock footage of a USB cable, naturally. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14295046

Reaper 392 · 16 Nov 2011 at 14:04

platypus said:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15742055

It really does make me wonder who pays for this kind of "report". I'm only more surprised the article didn't end with Uswitchs supposed expert saying "people should switch more often!!!!!!111"

Stood out for me the most. Ok 70% is a large figure, but what kind of "expert" doesn't expect a large change during peak usage, in comparison to non-peak?

70%? they obviously didnt try virgin 50 meg. you get a 99.99999999% drop off with them at peak times

Skillmister · 16 Nov 2011 at 14:17

Reaper 392 said:
70%? they obviously didnt try virgin 50 meg. you get a 99.99999999% drop off with them at peak times

or in my case a 100% drop off at random times

mp260767 · 16 Nov 2011 at 14:19

platypus said:
It really does make me wonder who pays for this kind of "report".

more to the point how much do they get paid for a 2 minute job

ScoTTyBEEE · 16 Nov 2011 at 14:29

I get 50meg whether it's peak or not. God bless the Virgin Branson.

wildman · 16 Nov 2011 at 14:48

The peak surfing times between 7pm and 9pm were the slowest to be online, the report said.

The report suggested the best time to be online was between 2am and 3am.

I could have told them this for free, did a report really need to be commissioned for something as obvious as this ?

Obvious observation is obvious ??

TommyV · 16 Nov 2011 at 14:59

We pay for 20meg, we get 7meg at peak times.

I live about 2 miles from the exchange, in a part of the city which at a time was named as Europe' largest building estate a few years back, so yeah it's unsuprising.

Glaucus · 16 Nov 2011 at 15:00

Reaper 392 said:
70%? they obviously didnt try virgin 50 meg. you get a 99.99999999% drop off with them at peak times

Unlucky, drop of what drop off.
Well there might be a slight drop off but it's not noticeable.

Confused · 16 Nov 2011 at 15:39

TommyV said:
We pay for up to 20meg

Fixed for you.

whitecrook · 16 Nov 2011 at 15:53

100Meg here, always get it, if the server I'm connecting to can push it, which is not all that often.

Cupra · 16 Nov 2011 at 15:53

Reaper 392 said:
70%? they obviously didnt try virgin 50 meg. you get a 99.99999999% drop off with them at peak times

i get 53mb most of the time i do sometimes tail off to 51mb tho

i love my connection

Jonny ///M · 16 Nov 2011 at 18:25

We pay for up to 20 meg and the last few weeks I've been getting 42kb/s!!!!!! That's a drop from ~110Kb/s about a month ago.

I miss my virgin internet