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70% of SMS Messages sent at New Year will be delayed |
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Written by CB Team
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Saturday, 29 December 2007 |
 Some new research that was commissioned by Palm Europe (alongside Ipsos MORI), shows that 70% of people who send text messages at midnight on New Year’s Eve experience a delay in having their SMS delivered to their loved ones.
The poll highlights the overwhelming strain on SMS networks at midnight as well-wishers attempt to text friends and family. 23% found that their messages took more than six hours to be successfully delivered.
Londoners are most likely to be affected by a delay, with 77% reporting that their tidings were belated on previous New Year’s Eves. However, the problem is most severe in Wales, where nearly a third of people have had their New Year’s message postponed by over 6 hours – resulting in bleary-eyed recipients being woken during their New Year’s hangover at 6am!
The poll indicates that the majority of Britons will be sending New Year’s text messages come the strike of twelve on Monday night. Women are more likely to be sending their greetings, with 77% of females intending to text people at midnight as opposed to 68% of men. In fact, nearly 15% of text-happy girls will be sending out more than ten messages as Big Ben declares the arrival of the New Year.
However, party goers are much more likely to avoid that text tension by utilising rapid instant messaging and e-mail technology: whilst the SMS networks process tonnes of texts, data connections are less prone to blockage – meaning that switched-on smartphone users can deliver their thoughts immediately and avoid a horror hogmanay by having their warmest wishes received before the final notes of Auld Lang Syne.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 29 December 2007 )
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