COVID-19 vs. our Networks

Thu Mar 19 16:05:42 UTC 2020

I was getting blasted earlier for suggesting streaming services and gaming
DLCs could likely be slowed by government intervention. EU is currently
working with Netflix to do just that. It's currently a strong suggestion
and even a plead but I maintain that we're going to see this pushed harder
in the coming weeks.

In a statement on Thursday, Breton said that given the unprecedented
situation, streaming platforms, telecom operators and users "all have a
joint responsibility to take steps to ensure the smooth functioning of the
internet during the battle against the virus propagation."

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/19/tech/netflix-internet-overload-eu/index.html

- Mike Bolitho

On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 5:03 AM Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu> wrote:

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>
> On 19/Mar/20 04:35, Scott Weeks wrote:
> >
> >
> > We do about 70-80Gbps at peak over the external
> > BGP links we have and I am not seeing a large
> > increase nor am I seeing it spread out over time.
> > We're an eyeball network plus some really large
> > customers.
> >
> > Anyone else seeing something different?  We're
> > now into the 3rd day, so I thought I'd see
> > something change by now.
>
> South Africa and a few other African countries put countries on
> semi-lockdown from about Sunday.
>
> We've seen a 15% increase in peak traffic on our network since the 17th.
>
> Mark.
>
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