Network Slows down around 3pm?

Why does a school network seem to slowdown around 3pm, when classes are over for the day?


a. Internet usages peaks in the afternoon


b. teachers begin their facult meeting


c. students are all logging onto the schools network


d. students are all logging off the schools network.

Network Slows down around 3pm?
Someone may have it performing some type of system maintainence at that time, when everyone is logging off it may be verifying or backing data up. This should probably be done at three-thirty.
Reply:a. Usage on the WWW increases and hits the peak at about 6, but it starts climbing at around 3.
Reply:peak hours and more students are logging on to the schools network
Reply:The students may be out of your school but the school's network is probably connected to the same link that services the outside population...hence the slowdown at peak times even tho the students have left the building.