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May 10
2009
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Phone Lines Expected To Be Busy for Mother's DayPosted by: admin on May 10, 2009 Tagged in: Technology , News
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Thinking of calling mom to wish her a Happy Mother's Day today? Network congestion is always a problem as it's one of the busiest calling days of the year.
SaskTel's Andy Tate explains, "Mother's Day is one of the busiest calling days of the year, every year. It's busier then Father's Day, busier then Christmas Day and we do expect a high volume of long distance calls, in fact this is the tenth year in a row we project that we will have over one million call attempts on Mother's Day."
Tate has some advice before picking up the phone, "The best thing to do is to avoid the busiest times of the day, which are usually between 10am to 2pm and 7:30pm to 10pm. Also make sure you dial the call yourself, instead of going through the operator if possible. Check the phone number before you dial and also the time zone."
45 per cent of the calls are often made in Saskatchewan, 52 per cent go to other Canadian destinations and the other 3 per cent often go to the U.S. or overseas.
SaskTel's Andy Tate explains, "Mother's Day is one of the busiest calling days of the year, every year. It's busier then Father's Day, busier then Christmas Day and we do expect a high volume of long distance calls, in fact this is the tenth year in a row we project that we will have over one million call attempts on Mother's Day."
Tate has some advice before picking up the phone, "The best thing to do is to avoid the busiest times of the day, which are usually between 10am to 2pm and 7:30pm to 10pm. Also make sure you dial the call yourself, instead of going through the operator if possible. Check the phone number before you dial and also the time zone."
45 per cent of the calls are often made in Saskatchewan, 52 per cent go to other Canadian destinations and the other 3 per cent often go to the U.S. or overseas.