COVID-19 vs. our Networks

Fri Mar 13 21:51:03 UTC 2020

I think under circumstances like this, I could definitely see some of the
online based games shutting services down.

- Mike Bolitho

On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 2:41 PM Ahmed Borno <amaged at gmail.com> wrote:

> Its already happening in Italy, and now that schools are shutting down
> here as well, its going to get interesting:
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> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-12/housebound-italian-kids-strain-network-with-fortnite-marathon
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> The ultimate traffic test is coming, looking forward to hearing about it
> on this thread.
>
> Maybe its a good time to start a communication channel between content
> providers/gaming companies and ISPs/CDNs.
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> On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 11:22 AM Rubens Kuhl <rubensk at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 3:46 PM g at 1337.io <lists at 1337.io> wrote:
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>>> With talk of there being an involuntary statewide (WA) and then national
>>> quarantines (house arrest) for multiple weeks, has anyone put thought into
>>> the impacts of this on your networks if/when this comes to fruition?
>>>
>>> We're already pushing the limits with telecommuters / those that are
>>> WFH, but I can only imagine what things will look like with everyone stuck
>>> at home for any duration of time.
>>>
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>> People will turn to you and every other ISP hoping you keep them online.
>> So besides demand issues, keeping your network up will be important to a
>> whole lot of people.
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>>
>> Rubens
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