Microsoft says there has been a 775 percent increase in demand for its cloud services in regions enforcing social distancing and/or shelter-in place due to the COVID-19 coronavirus. Use of the collaboration tool Teams spiked up to 900 million meeting and calling minutes daily in a single week, for example. Windows Virtual Desktop usage has grown more than three times. .
Government use of public Power BI data visualization software to share COVID-19 dashboards with citizens has surged by 42 percent in a week, Microsoft says. So how are global access networks holding up?
Despite significant increases in internet access demand caused by stay-at-home policies forced by the Covid-19 pandemic, global internet access performance is holding up. There are some speed reductions, but average speeds arguably are higher than four months ago, in many markets, including Australia.
Speeds are flat in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Japan and Malaysia; slower in India; higher in China.
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