My kid has enough homework to reduce her gaming to normal levels. If your kid doesn’t, perhaps you’ll want to supplement it. ;-)
Owen > On Mar 13, 2020, at 18:52 , Sabri Berisha <sa...@cluecentral.net> wrote: > > Hi, > > I don't know where y'all live, but here in the SF Bay Area, pretty much all > public and private schools have closed down. My school district (in Santa > Clara County) will be closed until Spring Break. > > The impact of all these bored school kids on the networks due to gaming might > cause some issues. I know that if I'm working from home and my > videoconferencing slows down because of someones gaming, I'm taking the > necessary action (read, change some rules on my firewall). > > Thanks, > > Sabri > > > ----- On Mar 13, 2020, at 4:12 PM, Hugo Slabbert <h...@slabnet.com> wrote: > I think under circumstances like this, I could definitely see some of the > online based games shutting services down. > > How so? > > Signed, > > Someone who works for an online gaming company and has heard nothing of this. > > -- > Hugo Slabbert | email, xmpp/jabber: h...@slabnet.com > <mailto:h...@slabnet.com> > pgp key: B178313E | also on Signal > > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 2:52 PM Mike Bolitho <mikeboli...@gmail.com > <mailto:mikeboli...@gmail.com>> wrote: > 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 > <mailto: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 > > <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 > <mailto:rube...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 3:46 PM g...@1337.io <mailto:g...@1337.io> > <li...@1337.io <mailto: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 > >
