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March 13, 2020 04:50 pm
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Housebound Italian Kids Strain Network With Fortnite Marathon
Italy's school shutdown is driving a surge in internet traffic as kids turn to online video games to stave off boredom. From a report: With schools, shops and restaurants closed in an attempt to limit Europe's worst coronavirus outbreak, the amount of data passing through Telecom Italia SpA's national network has surged by more than two-thirds in the past two weeks, the company said. A lot of that extra activity is due to online games such as 'Fortnite' and 'Call of Duty,' which can involve multiple players and take up more bandwidth than the business programs and conference call apps used by adults working from home. Gaming traffic can spike even higher when the games are refreshed and millions of kids download the latest 25-gigabyte update at once. "We reported an increase of more than 70% of Internet traffic over our landline network, with a big contribution from online gaming such as Fortnite," Telecom Italia Chief Executive Officer Luigi Gubitosi said Wednesday on a call with analysts.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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