Re: COVID-19 vs. our Networks

[Hugo Slabbert <hugo () slabnet com>]

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


How so?

Signed,

Someone who works for an online gaming company and has heard nothing of
this.

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On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 2:52 PM Mike Bolitho <mikebolitho () gmail com> wrote:

> 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 () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > 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