A look at how the coronavirus is impacting internet speeds across the globe

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The coronavirus has resulted in an unprecedented number of individuals staying at home during the day and using the web.
In light of this, there’s well-founded concern that some internet providers aren’t up to the task of handling an upsurge in internet usage, particularly given how popular video streaming is.
Speedtest.net, as a result, has been keeping an eye on global internet performance across a number of geographic regions.
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With the coronavirus still spreading across all corners of the globe, much of the world is in full-on lockdown mode. In the United States, for example, major metropolitan areas like New York City and Chicago have ordered restaurants and bars to shut down entirely. Meanwhile, a variety of other public establishments — from movie theaters and gyms to Apple retail stores — closed for business a few days ago.

This, coupled with the fact that many employers are letting employees work from home when possible, has resulted in a somewhat precedented scenario where the number of people staying home and going online — either to work or to stream a variety of media content — is perhaps higher than it’s ever been at any other time in history

To this point, The New York Times notes:

As millions of people across the United States shift to working and learning from home this week to limit the spread of the coronavirus, they will test internet networks with one of the biggest mass behavior changes that the nation has experienced.

That is set to strain the internet’s underlying infrastructure, with the burden likely to be particularly felt in two areas: the home networks that people have set up in their residences, and the home internet services from Comcast, Charter and Verizon that those home networks rely on.

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