How sports affect SkypeOut calls

Here's a screenshot of a live graph from Skype's production SkypeOut servers.

What this graph is showing is the total volume of SkypeOut calls placed from Brazil. (Ignore the two different colors -- just treat them as one.) There are some interesting valleys and peaks. Could you think of a sports where there are two 45-minute sessions and a break between them? Maybe one that has a World Cup going on at this time? So what we're seeing is that the World Cup is significantly affecting how many people use SkypeOut, depending on if there's a game ongoing or not.

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To be honest, having been married to my Brazilian wife for over 20 years, and having even been in the city of Fortaleza (4 million people in think) while Brazil was playing the final against France some 8 years ago (if i remember), i am not surprised: the city was almost completely silent during the game ... and specially the few minutes after loosing the World Cup!

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