But why do they peak in the late evening? ....'cause that's when folks are home.
If you now have a houseful of work-from-home and school-from-home people, we could, potentially, see the curve change, especially if folks are working and watching netflix/youtube, etc. I suspect rather than the peak dropping at all, the peak will stretch over a longer time period. -Steve On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 6:50 PM Tom Paseka via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> wrote: > I am not worried. Residential ISPs are usually at peak in the late > evening. They have loads of capacity during the day. > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 3:35 PM Jared Mauch <ja...@puck.nether.net> wrote: > >> I do worry if the broadband networks have the capacity. WFH traffic is >> usually different from regular consumer traffic. My neighbors were telling >> me about the mandatory work from home they had today and how the VPN >> struggled to work. >> >> To those upgrading those things, keep at it. You will get there. >> >> Sent from my iCar >> >> > On Mar 12, 2020, at 6:29 PM, Sean Donelan <s...@donelan.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> > The first data cap waiver I've seen due to coronavirus. I expect other >> ISPs to quickly follow. >> > >> > >> https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v74qzb/atandt-suspends-broadband-usage-caps-during-coronavirus-crisis >> > >> > AT&T is the first major ISP to confirm that it will be suspending all >> broadband usage caps as millions of Americans bunker down in a bid to slow >> the rate of COVID-19 expansion. Consumer groups and a coalition of Senators >> are now pressuring other ISPs to follow suit. >> >
