Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Are you a morning or an afternoon Internet marketer?
Internet businesses have been hampered lately by the cutting of undersea cables connecting the telecomms networks of various countries. Only last week, cables close to the Egyptian coastline were cut, probably by ships anchors.
The problem is increasing - plus some of the longer established cables, such as those crossing the Atlantic, are beginning to have problems due to their age. The result is that Internet traffic can expect to have several hold-ups in coming years.
Officials at the Federation of Overseas Operating Licensees, which represents the companies with international cabling have come up with a novel idea for reducing traffic. They want people who run online businesses to undergo a test to see whether they are a "morning" or an "afternoon" kind of person. It is well known that some people function better in the morning, whereas others take several hours to "wake up".
The traffic online could be reduced if people only use the Internet at their own performance peak, says the Federation. That way, even if cables are cut between countries, there is an opportunity to keep the Internet running because the reduced levels of traffic can be diverted via satellite links, for instance.
The Association for the Psychological Reaction to Internet Limitation has said it will undertake the testing of Internet marketers so they can be allocated a license to operate the Internet at only certain hours of the day, depending upon whether they are "morning" or "afternoon" people.
Luckily, the Federation of Overseas Operating Licensees (FOOL) is in complete agreement with the Association for the Psychological Reaction to Internet Limitation (APRIL).
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April 01, 2008 12:40 PM 
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April 01, 2008 1:42 PM 
Graham Jones said…
Hi Rob, I ought to know better, I know. Several years back when I worked on a magazine for doctors I ran an April Fool suggesting that general practitioners would be replaced by nurses doing some jobs. It led to quite a controversy - with the Government adopting my "joke" ideas in the form of "practice nurses" a year later....! Coincidence I am told....but you never know. So, I'm no working on a plan that will fool the authorities into believing I'm both a morning and afternoon person...!
Never joke about policies like this Graham, even on April Fool's Day - you never know who might read it and adopt the idea as their own!