Curious if anyone here (especially at CenturyLink / AT&T/ Comcast) has seen any graphs of network traffic over time and could share details (redacted of course due to the sensitivity). Would love to hear if/how capacity is constrained with more people working form home.
On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 4:36 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. >
