24/7 Insomnia gaming festival draws 27,000 visitors15th December 2015 | published by EW SHARE
Gaming festival Insomnia56 held its biggest winter event to date from 10 to 14 December at the NEC.
The festival welcomed more than 27,000 visitors, including around 1,500 members of the BYOC (bring your own computer) community. As Insomnia56 is an online gaming event, the NEC was required to install a new 10Gbps internet pipe to satisfy demand. Sophie Gardner, senior account...
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