I think under circumstances like this, I could definitely see some of the online based games shutting services down.
- Mike Bolitho On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 2:41 PM Ahmed Borno <ama...@gmail.com> wrote: > Its already happening in Italy, and now that schools are shutting down > here as well, its going to get interesting: > > > https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-12/housebound-italian-kids-strain-network-with-fortnite-marathon > > The ultimate traffic test is coming, looking forward to hearing about it > on this thread. > > Maybe its a good time to start a communication channel between content > providers/gaming companies and ISPs/CDNs. > > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 11:22 AM Rubens Kuhl <rube...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 3:46 PM g...@1337.io <li...@1337.io> wrote: >> >>> With talk of there being an involuntary statewide (WA) and then national >>> quarantines (house arrest) for multiple weeks, has anyone put thought into >>> the impacts of this on your networks if/when this comes to fruition? >>> >>> We're already pushing the limits with telecommuters / those that are >>> WFH, but I can only imagine what things will look like with everyone stuck >>> at home for any duration of time. >>> >> >> >> People will turn to you and every other ISP hoping you keep them online. >> So besides demand issues, keeping your network up will be important to a >> whole lot of people. >> >> >> Rubens >> >> >
