• Slow internet fears for Olympics
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They should have prepared.
[quote]Businesses could struggle with bandwidth if they allow employees to watch the games at work, it said.[/quote] Does no one have a radio anymore? Or a television? Or goes to work to work?
[QUOTE=markg06;35230966]Does no one have a radio anymore? Or a television? Or goes to work to work?[/QUOTE] the olympics are a pretty big deal, especially if they're being hosted in your home city
[QUOTE=Watevaman;35231127]the olympics are a pretty big deal, especially if they're being hosted in your home city[/QUOTE] So? Last I checked the world keeps spinning even if there's some giant event going on.
I don't think i've ever seen the Olympics.
[QUOTE=markg06;35231151]So? Last I checked the world keeps spinning even if there's some giant event going on.[/QUOTE] yeah, it does, but someone working as a a barista in a coffee shop isn't going to be doing any heavy calculations that will be impeded if there's a TV showing the olympics on
[QUOTE=Pepsi-cola;35230954]They should have prepared.[/QUOTE] They recieve more than enough to bring the whole country to fibre optics, and install more if necessary, whilst still keeping a fortune so any issues are due to the lineowners (90% of the time it's BT) being gluttonous cunts when it comes to money.
[quote]Already hailed as the "Twitter Games", many are predicting a deluge of data as events get under way.[/quote] Yep, infamously bandwidth-heavy services like Twitter will be a problem
[QUOTE=markg06;35231151]So? Last I checked the world keeps spinning even if there's some giant event going on.[/QUOTE] Unless that giant event stops the Earth from spinning.
I remember when the Olympics where held in my city a while ago, I could literally walk there when it was going on. Winter games 02.
2010 Winter Olympics were the best.
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