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Why We Are Here => Water Cooler => Topic started by: Mackin USA on March 27, 2020, 10:07:13 AM

Title: Surging Traffic Is Slowing Down Our Internet
Post by: Mackin USA on March 27, 2020, 10:07:13 AM
And last week, as a wave of stay-at-home orders rolled out across the United States, the average time it took to download videos, emails and documents increased as broadband speeds declined 4.9 percent from the previous week, according to Ookla, a broadband speed testing service. Median download speeds dropped 38 percent in San Jose, Calif., and 24 percent in New York, according to Broadband Now, a consumer broadband research site.
https://dnyuz.com/2020/03/26/surging-traffic-is-slowing-down-our-internet/
Title: Re: Surging Traffic Is Slowing Down Our Internet
Post by: rcjordan on March 27, 2020, 12:04:43 PM
Yeah, reperts yesterday said Raleigh-Durham down 20%. Winston-Salem down 40%.  We're down about 20% here.
Title: Re: Surging Traffic Is Slowing Down Our Internet
Post by: ergophobe on March 27, 2020, 02:49:30 PM
Cloudflare sent out an email yesterday saying they are seeing a 10-30% surge across the board

I assume it's from all the people at home industriously writing lots of emails.