[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] [lexington] Internet is hefty

[George Gamota]

FWIW

“Free conference” call did not work yesterday and neither did Verizon conference call service. Facetime did work but Skype was very sluggish

 

From: Tushar Walhekar <tusharw at gmail.com> 
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2020 1:16 PM
To: George Gamota <ggamota at stma-llc.com>
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Subject: Re: [lexington] [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Internet is hefty

 

I am thinking more of the official conference calls when I say this, but still..

 

I think if people can be considerate and switch off video if not needed, that would help. Does everyone really need to see everyone? Question that.

 

Do so many people need to be on each call? Question the participants - feel free to announce the purpose and objective of the call again and define an audience if you can and allow participants to drop off if they do not meet that criteria. Too many people feel the pressure to be in on everything because they are out of the office. Assure them.

 

Equally, if you can switch to an audio only conference call - depending on the phones or services you use - Whatsapp, Facetime, conferencing in someone on that cellular call, that may reduce the load somewhat or at least move it elsewhere.

 

Finally, do you even need a conference call? See how many 1:1 conversations may help arrive at an outcome or even email or instant message conversations...

 

I am fully aware, the above is not for everyone, but hope anything in there may be useful for those working from home.

 

regards

Tushar

 

On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 at 12:38, George Gamota <ggamota at stma-llc.com <mailto:ggamota at stma-llc.com> > wrote:

Internet seems to be holding up OK but many of the “conference call” services are crashing.

 

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Subject: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Internet is hefty

 

A number of folks have asked whether the internet can handle the surge in volume seen during the last week or two.  Consensus appears to be maybe/probably.  Here are a few recent articles

 

https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/uptime/will-coronavirus-break-internet-highly-unlikely-says-cloudflare

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/opinion/coronavirus-broadband-internet-work-from-home.html?auth=login-facebook

 

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexkantrowitz/the-internet-was-built-to-withstand-a-nuclear-bomb-it-will

 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/17/tech/internet-infrastructure-coronavirus/index.html

 

The bottom line in my view is that the experts are not sure, but think it can.   And of course this is somewhat geography-dependent

 

On Monday I tried to get onto the Met Opera to watch Carmen and could not.  THEIR server was apparently flooded.  Later on it was fine.

 

John

 

 

 

John Rudy

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