An update on the internet congestion’s details during COVID-19
Allconnect recently compiled data to provide key information on the best and worst times to be online. Of interest, specifically:
- Days of the week with the fastest upload & download speeds
- How to best avoid high latency periods
- Average speed by according to the time of day
You can view the full report here:
An awesome, comprehensive, and detailed look at how COVID-19 has impacted global networks.
Lots to think about and how we might prepare for future catastrophes.
TL;DR
To understand how the internet is performing with the changes in internet use brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, we investigated two key metrics during February and March in some of the countries and states that were hit hardest by the virus: changes in the traffic volume served to those regions as a reflection of changes in internet use, and changes in download speed measured at our servers as a reflection of internet quality. In almost all regions, the largest increases in traffic volume occurred immediately after public policy announcements, such as school closures or stay-at-home orders. Similarly, the most dramatic decreases in download speed followed the official starts of those policies — presumably when populations made the shift to staying home.
For a much more detailed analysis of how Corona-19 has effected global internet usage, look here. It’s fascinating.
