First of all, my friends call me Ron, and you're one of my friends, automatically, grin. I love talking to people here, and on the 3D-CC email group. You might guess my last name is Knights, and our legends state that our heritage goes back to Great Britain. Some family history has us going back to the Court of Charlemaign (Sp?! Was he in Britain, or somewhere else?!) At any rate, I would guess it this way: Peak times are: 1.) In the morning before people go to work. 2.) At noon maybe (people surfing the web at work, even if they are not supposed to!) 3.) After work, when people are at their computers, checking email, catching up on stuff... whatever. So it is possible, not necessarily guaranteed, that the peak hours might not include the hours between 8-5. Well, come to think of it many businesses use the internet as part of their business. So maybe your best best to get things done is to be an early bird, or a late-night owl?! Of course, as you stated, one needs to translate US hours to their own time zone, perhaps? I'm not smart enough for that.