Verizon says it has seen a 75 percent increase in gaming over its networks in recent weeks, presumably because workers and students are working and playing from home. Video streaming increased by more than 12 percent and overall web traffic by just under 20 percent.
Full network impact will be hard to predict, as the increase in at-home usage will be accompanied by a near-zero level of usage from school and business locations. Still, it appears that total usage is up, especially in areas hard hit by Corona outbreaks.
But Cloudflare says South Korea internet usage went up about eight percent, while up perhaps eight to 10 percent in the United States, as a result of social distancing policies that keep people at home. Peak hour usage might up 10 percent to 20 percent in some U.S. locations.
Traffic seems to be substantially more--perhaps 30 percent--in northern Italy,
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