Ask HN: Is anyone keeping statistics about internet usage during COVID-19?

10 pointsetuil6y ago9 comments

As many countries are in lockdown it will be really interesting to see some usage data....

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Cloudflare's blog posts about COVID-19 impact on the internet is a good starting place: https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-during-the-coronaviru... and https://blog.cloudflare.com/covid-19-impacts-on-internet-tra...

jgrahamc6y ago

Yes, we are. We are watching it very carefully. What do you want to know?

toomuchtodo6y ago

What's the delta in average daily throughput and peaks at your exchange points at different COVID milestones (China quarantine, Italy quarantine, France quarantine, US national emergency declared)?

I assume traffic utilization has jumped, just curious by how much.

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liamdiprose6y ago

Google tracks how many people connect with IPv6, which is a metric for how many people are staying at home:

https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html

IPv6 connections peak in the weekend and over the Christmas break, when people are connecting from home.

uint16_t6y ago

Most CIX do have a statistics website. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_exchange_poin... https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet-Knoten#Tabelle_intern...

uint16_t6y ago

https://www.de-cix.net/en/locations/germany/frankfurt/statis...

austincheney6y ago

My gigabit home internet was consistently up/down at 890-920mbps but since the outbreak it is only at 490-510mbps. :(

Zardoz846y ago

I only can say that I read that the major internet service providers on Spain are nearly at the limit of what can handle.

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twunde6y ago

jgrahamc6y ago

Yes, we are. We are watching it very carefully. What do you want to know?

toomuchtodo6y ago

What's the delta in average daily throughput and peaks at your exchange points at different COVID milestones (China quarantine, Italy quarantine, France quarantine, US national emergency declared)?

I assume traffic utilization has jumped, just curious by how much.

1 more reply

liamdiprose6y ago

Google tracks how many people connect with IPv6, which is a metric for how many people are staying at home:

https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html

IPv6 connections peak in the weekend and over the Christmas break, when people are connecting from home.

uint16_t6y ago

Most CIX do have a statistics website. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_exchange_poin... https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet-Knoten#Tabelle_intern...

uint16_t6y ago

https://www.de-cix.net/en/locations/germany/frankfurt/statis...

austincheney6y ago

My gigabit home internet was consistently up/down at 890-920mbps but since the outbreak it is only at 490-510mbps. :(

Zardoz846y ago

I only can say that I read that the major internet service providers on Spain are nearly at the limit of what can handle.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse