iOS 7 update traffic

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On Sep 19, 2013, at 1:58 PM, Paul Ferguson wrote:

> 
> Can someone please explain to a non-Apple person what the hell happened
> that started generating so much traffic? Perhaps I missed it in this
> thread, but I would be curious to know what iOS 7 implemented that
> caused this...
> 
> Thanks in adavnce,
> 
> - ferg
> 
> On 9/19/2013 10:23 AM, Nick Olsen wrote:
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>> We also saw a huge spike in traffic. Still pretty high today as well.
>> We saw a ~60% above average hit yesterday, And we're at ~20-30% above
>> average today as well.
>> Being an android user, It didn't dawn on me until some of the IOS users in
>> the office started jumping up and down about IOS7
>> Nick Olsen
>> Network Operations (855) FLSPEED  x106
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>> From: "Justin M. Streiner" <streiner at cluebyfour.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 6:19 PM
>> To: "NANOG" <nanog at nanog.org>
>> Subject: Re: iOS 7 update traffic
>> 
>> On Wed, 18 Sep 2013, Tassos Chatzithomaoglou wrote:
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>>> We also noticed an interesting spike (+ ~40%), mostly in akamai.
>>> The same happened on previous iOS too.
>> 
>> I see it here, too.  At its peak, our traffic levels were roughly double
>> what we would see on a normal weekday.
>> 
>> jms
>> 
>>> Zachary McGibbon wrote on 18/9/2013 20:38:
>>>> So iOS 7 just came out, here's the spike in our graphs going to our ISP
>>>> here at McGill, anyone else noticing a big spike?
>>>> 
>>>> [image: internet-sw1 - Traffic - Te0/7 - To Internet1-srp (IR Canet) -
>>>> TenGigabitEthernet0/7]
>>>> 
>>>> Zachary McGibbon
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