Re: COVID-19 vs. our Networks

[Ahmed Borno <amaged () gmail com>]

Its already happening in Italy, and now that schools are shutting down here
as well, its going to get interesting:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-12/housebound-italian-kids-strain-network-with-fortnite-marathon

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.


On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 11:22 AM Rubens Kuhl <rubensk () gmail com> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 3:46 PM g () 1337 io <lists () 1337 io> wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> Rubens