Internet collapse due to Coronavirus
The surge in internet traffic has led to serious concerns about the resilience of the infrastructure that keeps the Internet functioning, as the daily lives of many people around the world have changed due to the new CORONA virus, which has forced authorities in many countries from the UK To India - to apply quarantine operations at the national level, forcing people to work remotely.
Internet service providers in Britain have seen a double-digit increase in broadband usage, with BT claiming that traffic on its fixed network has increased by 60 per cent compared to regular weekdays, while Vodafone says it is seeing a 50% increase in mobile traffic. percent in some markets.
Operators say their networks are able to cope with the increase in demand, however, streaming services from Netflix to Disney have taken steps to reduce bandwidth usage and reduce broadcast quality in an effort to prevent network collapse, and experts explain that the increase in home streaming time usually lasts about four Evening hours are a weekday, but they have now risen to up to 10 hours a day.
Concerns remain about the amount of pressure applied on the Internet through data-intensive applications such as content streaming and video conferencing, and Thierry Breton, eu commissioner for the market and internal services, has urged broadcasters to reduce video quality in order to prevent overloading.
As a society that all depends on internet infrastructure, services such as Netflix, YouTube and Amazon have responded to the idea of reducing video quality, and Sony has said it will begin to reduce the download speed of PlayStation games in Europe to manage traffic.
Although the Internet infrastructure currently has sufficient capacity to deal with the surge in demand caused by the new Coronavirus, analysts warn that there may be problems in the future, especially when it is not known how long the epidemic will last, as well as the lack of knowledge. The time it will take to make the quarantine operations it has caused at the national level.
It may be difficult for telecommunications companies to maintain the operation of copper cables, fibre optics and other broadband equipment if telecommunications engineers are put in compulsory quarantine
0 Comments