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Internet usage plummeted during Super Bowl


San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick throws a pass during the Super Bowl Sunday night.


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Internet usage dropped 15 percent during the Super Bowl as the football-obsessed and casual fans alike huddled around their TVs to watch the showdown between the eventual NFL champion Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers.


That was the conclusion of a study released this morning by Sandvine, a firm that analyzes traffic on broadband networks.


Internet usage was off 15 percent during the Super Bowl yesterday.


(Credit: Sandvine)

And while hordes of people were pounding out tweets and Facebook status updates by the millions with their impressions on the Super Bowl ads, the blackout during the game -- and the companies that ... [Read more]





by Daniel Terdiman via CNET


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