A new analysis by Nokia confirms that unprecedented growth of internet traffic as a result of government policies keeping workers and students at home because of the Covid-9 virus pandemic.
Most networks have seen 30 percent to 45 percent growth over a year, with Covid-19 period increases of perhaps 20 percent to 40 peak increases, typically in the evening hours over the past four weeks.
“So far, networks appear to be meeting demand, but they were designed to grow that much in a year, not in days,” Nokia says.
The edge and peering links of Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) seem to have enough headroom, but there is stress mostly on the aggregation networks and service edge routers, where demand may be reaching capacity maximums, Nokia says.
“We are also seeing unprecedented growth in latency-sensitive applications during business hours,” Nokia says, including 300 percent growth in teleconferencing apps in the United States, and 400 percent growth in gaming.
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