[Chapter-delegates] Covid 19 and Technology

[Dave Burstein]

Glenn

Useful information but the NY Times article you posted is misleading,
according to my direct checks with the people running networks. In Europe
and the U.S., there is little if any noticeable degradation unless you are
doing massive downloads. Three 4 megabit HD TV signals run at the same 4
megabits whether your connection is running at 60 megabits or 50 megabits.
There's plenty of margin on just about all landline networks. (I have more
data to write up.)

To my surprise, most wireless Internet connections in the richer parts of
the world also seem virtually unaffected. People at home are often using
Wi-Fi to their landline broadband. Results vary, but in some areas demand
on mobile data is actually down.
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I carefully say "In Europe and the U.S." I would welcome data, but it's
likely that mobile Internet in Africa, India, and anywhere with few
landlines will be challenged. The traffic load here is mostly diverted to
landlines, but India, for example, only has ~30M landlines for over a
billion people.
(Please - anyone with data send it over.)

More than two-thirds of Internet users are in the global South. Outside of
China, which has 450 million fiber connected homes, that's mostly wireless.
Over 400 million Indians have connected via 4G in the last few years, more
than the U.S. has people.

ISOC desperately needs to be led - board and staff - by people who deeply
understand the Internet has changed.




On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 8:55 AM Glenn McKnight via Chapter-delegates <
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