With internet usage surging, companies are scrambling to keep it all running
If you're having trouble with your internet, it's probably not straight from the source. (Pixabay/)Social distancing in light of the coronavirus has had the exact effect you’d expect on people’s streaming video habits. According to Nielsen, US streaming volume has never been higher, and people staying home can lead to up to a 60-percent increase in overall content consumption. Luckily, there’s an abundance of great things to watch: highly-produced prestige TV, movies that should still be in theaters, gamers streaming their favorite titles, and prolific YouTube channels that have cranked up production to match demand from bored audiences. And that’s before we consider all the video chats. All that entertainment requires internet bandwidth and usage is up accordingly. A report from Cloudflare suggests that total US internet traffic has spiked roughly 18 percent since March 1st, which is about the same uptick that happens around the Super Bowl. It’s a...