Lockdown slows down world’s internet

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Close to 3 billion people in the world are under lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic and their main source of entertainment is the internet.

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Ookla, web services that provides free analysis of internet access performance metrics, has reported that it has seen a drop in internet speeds around the world.

In mid-February, when the virus hit Italy, Germany, and Spain, internet speeds in those countries also started to deteriorate. Quarantines around the world have made people more reliant on the internet to communicate, work, learn, and stay entertained. To head off the problem, Netflix and YouTube announced that they will change the default quality to 480p which is a step below FullHD in Europe to lessen the burden on networks. In India, Australia, and Latin America, the streaming giant switch its HD video streams to slightly lower quality.

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