Workers who plan to watch the World Cup games while in work are likely to put UK Broadband under a lot of strain according to broadband provider Eclipse Internet.
According to research by Eclipse Internet they found that over half of employees plan to watch World Cup games online while at work, with 54% saying that they plan on doing this.
The biggest potentially troublesome day over here in the UK is Wednesday 23rd June when England play Slovenia at 3pm in a group stage game when workers are still likely to be in work. The problems could arise if large number of employees all switch on live streaming websites to watch the football which could take up huge chunks of bandwidth and also impact a businesses internet connection.
Fortunately for employers this is only scheduled day so far that England are due to play a World Cup game during office hours, however employers are being advised to make up plans and rules surrounding watching the football games online. Obviously many employees will hope their boss isn’t that computer savvy and doesn’t block the websites where people can watch online such as the BBC iPlayer.
Eclipse Internet offer home and business broadband which includes fibre broadband which starts at £39.95 per month.