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| Is the Internet crashes with corona virus? |
The increase in Internet traffic has raised serious concerns about the resilience of the infrastructure that makes the Internet work, as the daily lives of many people around the world have changed due to the emergence of the Coronavirus, which has forced authorities into many countries (the United Kingdom) into India - conducting isolation at the level of The state forces people to work remotely.
Broadband use by British internet service providers has increased in double numbers. According to BT, fixed network traffic has increased 60% compared to normal weekdays, and according to Vodafone, traffic has increased, and in some markets, mobile phone data will increase by 2000 to 50%.
Operators say the network can keep up with growing demand. However, Disney's Netflix streaming services have taken steps to reduce bandwidth usage and reduce broadcast quality to avoid network outages and experts explain that home broadcasts are generally the same. The workday takes about four hours, but it has now risen to ten hours a day.
Online printing with data-intensive applications such as content delivery and video conferencing remains a problem. Thierry Bretton, European Commissioner for Marketing and Internal Services, urged broadcasters to reduce video quality to avoid crowding.
As a company where we all depend on the Internet infrastructure, services like Netflix, YouTube and Amazon have responded to the idea of lowering video quality, and Sony has announced that it will slow down the download speed of PlayStation games in Europe to manage traffic. .
Although the Internet infrastructure currently has sufficient capacity to meet the increasing demand caused by the appearance of the Corona virus, analysts warn that problems may arise in the future, especially because of the lack of understanding of the duration of the epidemic, except that it is not known. Time spent in quarantine at the national level.
When telecom engineers are in a mandatory isolation area, telecom operators may find it difficult to keep the copper cables, fibers, and other devices required to provide broadband working.