New research reveals drop in evening broadband speeds

12:00pm Wednesday 6th February 2013 in News

BROADBAND speeds in Bournemouth drop by a third for evening internet users compared to those who use it in the early hours, new research shows.

uSwitch, the independent price comparison and switching service, carried out tests to find out how much the internet speed varies from morning to evening.

The results show that the average drop in speed for Bournemouth was 35.6 per-cent, falling from 18.41Mbps broadband speed at 4am to 11.85mbps, when tested at 9pm.

Julia Stent, telecoms expert at uSwitch.com, said: “This research shows the incredible strain that is placed on broadband when everyone logs on at the same time, particularly in densely populated areas.”

She added: “It certainly explains why some people may never actually feel like their connection is as fast as the one promised by providers when they signed up.”

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Comments(6)

aerolover says...
12:18pm Wed 6 Feb 13

Dah well it would drop when more people use it, the same with gas pressure and electricity voltage all go down when people use it. Perhaps that's why Uni students do most studying in the middle of the night and spend most of the day asleep..

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Cosmic Crusader says...
12:40pm Wed 6 Feb 13

If I could get 11.85mbps at any time I would be very happy!

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bournenbred says...
12:40pm Wed 6 Feb 13

Being about as far away from the nearest exchange as I could be on the end of a copper wire, I only get 2.5 Mps at best !

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Molecatcher says...
12:45pm Wed 6 Feb 13

A quiet news day then? Drop in performance as more people log in... Ermm... That's how broadband works...

The situation could probably be helped by not publishing trivia like this...

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Professor Zaroff says...
1:07pm Wed 6 Feb 13

Could the Echo run an exclusive revealing what religion the Pope is?

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EGHH says...
10:52pm Wed 6 Feb 13

Never noticed a drop in performance with my Virgin Media 100mbps service.

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