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COVID-19 impacts on Internet traffic: Seattle, Northern Italy and South Korea

What's this blog post about?

The article discusses the changes in Internet usage patterns due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It presents data from Seattle, Northern Italy, and South Korea showing increased overall internet use, more extended hours of activity, and shifts in types of online activities such as increased chat system usage, video streaming, news access, and gaming. The article also notes that despite these changes, Cloudflare's network is well-equipped to handle the increased traffic without any impact on its performance or security.

Company
Cloudflare

Date published
March 13, 2020

Author(s)
John Graham-Cumming

Word count
1054

Hacker News points
None found.

Language
English


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