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Lockdown load: How's our internet holding up?

Nine To Noon

English - April 07, 2020 21:30 - 9 minutes - 8.59 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
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In this Covid-19 crisis, the internet has emerged as a vital tool for continuing life with some semblance of normality. There's virtual work meetings, online school and university lessons, and - when the lockdown gets too much - endless options for streaming entertainment. Could we have done this 15 years ago? Probably not. So how much demand is being placed on the network? On Monday night the evening peak was at 2.57 terabytes per second, and yesterday's midday traffic was about 1.7Tbps. Joining Kathryn is Chorus' CEO JB Rousselot.