We haven’t seen an ANUS. (Average network usage statistics) this bad in 10 years. To quote an old friends episode
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 19, 2020, at 09:18, Christopher Tyler <ch...@totalhighspeed.net> wrote: > > We're seeing traffic at about 9-10am go up considerably and then stay there > until the evening rush starts, but the overall nightly peak is about the same > as before. > > -- > Christopher Tyler > Senior Network Engineer > MTCRE/MTCNA/MTCTCE/MTCWE > > Total Highspeed Internet Solutions > 1091 W. Kathryn Street > Nixa, MO 65714 > (417) 851-1107 x. 9002 > www.totalhighspeed.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Josh Luthman" <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> > > To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com> > > Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2020 8:58:40 AM > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Covid19 bandwidth > > > Looks like winter break to me. > > > > > > > > > > > > Josh Luthman > > Office: 937-552-2340 > > Direct: 937-552-2343 > > 1100 Wayne St > > Suite 1337 > > Troy, OH 45373 > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 2:01 PM Ken Hohhof < [ mailto:af...@kwisp.com | > > af...@kwisp.com ] > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Businesses with no people at the office but “the server” and “the shared > > drive” > > are still there may find they are not set up for their entire workforce to > > work > > from home. The office could become the bottleneck. > > > > > > > > I often get frustrated with everything going “to the cloud”, but this might > > be a > > situation where that is a good thing. > > > > > > > > > > > > From: AF < [ mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com | af-boun...@af.afmug.com ] > On > > Behalf Of Mathew Howard > > Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 12:43 PM > > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group < [ mailto:af@af.afmug.com | > > af@af.afmug.com ] > > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Covid19 bandwidth > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, it makes sense that would mainly be an increase in daytime usage, and > > that's mostly what we're seeing as well. > > > > > > > > > > > > I do expect the upload thing to be a problem though... > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 12:21 PM Ken Hohhof < [ mailto:af...@kwisp.com | > > af...@kwisp.com ] > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Kind of the same here, peaks not that much higher, but heavy usage all day. > > Companies are still sending more people to work from home, and I'm starting > > to > > get calls from people trying to save big files to the shared drive at the > > office (over a VPN which adds overhead) and saying something must be wrong > > because it's taking 5 minutes to save a file. > > > > I don't think upstream bandwidth is an issue for the kids watching Disney+ > > or > > even the ones actually doing schoolwork. But a lot of people working from > > home > > seem to have a workflow that involves download a huge file, edit it, upload > > the > > changed file, and given that the Internet is pretty much built to deliver > > Netflix, they are running out of upload bandwidth. > > > > I'm not sure that is something we can dramatically change. I mean, we've got > > upstream bandwidth sitting unused on our licensed backhauls and our upstream > > provider connections, but not on the last mile connections. And it's not > > just > > WISPs. The Internet is built for downloading. > > > > I would probably work on another task while the previous one was uploading, > > but > > that apparently doesn't work for most people. I could also wish for IT > > departments to use more of an edit-it-in-the-cloud approach like Google > > Sheets, > > but a lot of these people literally got told to pack up their work > > computers in > > their cars and take them home. And everything was set up for an office LAN > > environment. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: AF < [ mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com | af-boun...@af.afmug.com ] > On > > Behalf Of Adam Moffett > > Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 11:58 AM > > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group < [ mailto:af@af.afmug.com | > > af@af.afmug.com ] > > > Subject: [AFMUG] Covid19 bandwidth > > > > From where I'm sitting it looks like peak time usage has only gone up maybe > > 10% > > if at all, but the ramp up towards peak starts at noon instead of at 6pm. > > I'm > > comparing late February to mid March. > > > > A lot of people were concerned about bandwidth, but I'm honestly not seeing > > a > > difference in a way that actually matters. I'm sure consumption in terms of > > GB > > will be higher, but I don't think we actually have to care. > > > > > > -- > > AF mailing list > > [ mailto:AF@af.afmug.com | AF@af.afmug.com ] > > [ http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com | > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com ] > > > > > > > > -- > > AF mailing list > > [ mailto:AF@af.afmug.com | AF@af.afmug.com ] > > [ http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com | > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com ] > > -- > > AF mailing list > > [ mailto:AF@af.afmug.com | AF@af.afmug.com ] > > [ http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com | > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com ] > > > > -- > > AF mailing list > > AF@af.afmug.com > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > <bandwidth.png> -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
