The World Cup's Effect On YOUR Office

Whilst everybody else finishes crying into their cornflakes this morning, industry analysts have been hard at work dissecting some of the technology facts and figures about the world cup tournament and how they impacted on the typical working environment. Never ones to pass on the opportunity to meld technology and sport, we at Atlas thought we'd take a closer look at just how the World Cup has affected businesses up and down the country. Carry on reading below for some of the key statistics.




- 800,000 viewers managed to watch the England v Slovakia game on Thursday (which kicked off during work hours at 3.00pm) online according to the BBC.

- Our sister company, C2 Internet, reported a 400% rise in internet traffic through the same time period. Although way above normal levels, we still had plenty of capacity left to ensure all of our customers experienced an optimum viewing experience.

- ThinkBroadband reported increases in both latency and packet-loss during the game, meaning internet users may have been affected by dwindling speeds and failed connections. Some providers also appeared to be experiencing reductions in speed tests although our performance remained strong throughout (C2, not England!).

- Akami have a nice little tool here for monitoring Internet traffic by country. Interestingly enough, Italy's traffic peaked during Monday morning, long after they left the tournament... must have been a replay of last year!

- The Financial Times reports that, overall, the World Cup could cost the economy as much as £1bn in lost time and productivity levels.

- Although this could be nothing when compared to Chile, whose workers lost an average of five hours each during their World Cup performances, according to one sporting website.