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Disrupted reality highlights importance of critical infrastructure

Worldwide, the pandemic has affected business models and the rate of digital transformation. COVID-driven reliance on cloud, video conferencing, and phone applications have shifted peak network traffic from business parks to residential areas. The ‘edge’ of the internet has moved to the home, which now demands the same processing speeds as the workplace.

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Analyst firm Technavio predicts US$ 5.9 bn growth in the edge computing market during 2020-2024, at a CAGR of over 14%. This is to a large extent the result of changing work patterns accelerated by the pandemic.

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In March 2020, Capacity reported the following traffic levels:
9.1 Terabits per second at DE-CIX Frankfurt
34% VPN traffic increase at Verizon
50% more Internet usage in multiple European countries at Vodafone 40% more mobile volume at AT&T

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A recent panel discussion entitled, ‘Our New Disrupted Reality: The Future of Internet Infrastructure’ focuses on the Covid-driven changes in mission-critical IT in relation to connectivity. Key quote from the discussion: “The internet has not only proved it’s crucial but made it more obvious for people who may not have understood there is critical infrastructure is there supporting it, they have a clearer understanding how it works but why it works.”

Source: Research & Markets.

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Data from various countries before and immediately after lockdowns:

  • 30-60% increase in fixed broadband traffic
  • 50-130% increase in fixed voice traffic
  • 70-80% increase in Wi-Fi calls

 

Source: Operators, Ookla, Akamai, Sandvine, OpenVault, Comscore, Vendors

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“Analysts predict that customers will continue to prioritize reliability post COVID-19 and telecoms operators may look to make improvements to network resilience in order to meet their expectations.”

 

Source: Research & Markets.

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One and a half billion children require online schooling as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Source: World Bank

ServerFarm & NYI Webinar: "Our New Disrupted Reality: The Future of Internet Infrastructure"

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Since the onset of COVID-19, home broadband traffic in the USA increased by some 20 - 40 %.* The pandemic has drove up broadband usage levels by 47% year-over-year in Q1.**

* Source: Information Technology & Information Foundation
**Source: OpenVault.

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COVID-19 impact on fixed download speed, select countries

 

Source: Information Technology & Information Foundation