COVID-19 vs. our Networks

[hugo at slabnet.com (Hugo Slabbert)]

>
> 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.

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On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 2:52 PM Mike Bolitho <mikebolitho at 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 <amaged at 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
>>
>> 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 <rubensk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 3:46 PM g at 1337.io <lists at 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
>>>
>>>
>>
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