London 2012: communications fast facts

It's been compulsive viewing so far, and London 2012 is just as fascinating behind the scenes.

Here are a few facts about BT's communications network during the most connected Games ever:

• the accredited media and Games organisers have made over 250,000 telephone calls on BT's London 2012 network over the last week
• there was a 100 Gbit/s increase in internet traffic during the women's gymnastics when Team GB finished 6th and a similar increase when the men's team won a bronze medal
• when Andy Murray defeated Roger Federer in the men's tennis final there was a 25% increase in internet traffic over BT's national network 
• and there was a 30% increase in iPlayer traffic over BT's network when Usain Bolt retained his 100 metre title. At 9.63 seconds from start to finish, it's a moment when you really don't want buffering!