Does it stand up to Corona? .. 5 questions that worries Internet users around the world and this is its answer

The world’s fears increased during the recent period that the current newspaper would extend for several months until the end of the year, and you fear some people in the current crisis of food interruptions, but others are occupied by another matter, which is the internet’s cut off from them.

However the Internet was designed over the past century to analyze a nuclear attack, but the current situation is completely different.

All of this will be answered in this report:

1- Can the Internet deal with a pandemic of the size of corona?

The Internet is an incredibly powerful and resilient network designed specifically to cope with large traffic hikes just like the one we live in.

Cambridge-based Akamai Technologies, which monitors the network worldwide, found that global traffic was running 67% above the normal daily average.

Analysts expect that the state networks will bear this kind of traffic increase. Over the years, it has provided networks with vast amounts of spare capacity more than needed to handle current developments.

"The situation is good. Perhaps let's see problems, not from the main part of the network," said communications analyst Roger Intner, founder of Recon Analytics, a Boston firm.

2- If the internet is like that, then why do we face difficulties in the home business applications or entertainment sites?

This slowdown that most users experience is due to the "last mile" which is the last level (3) of the internet that is between you and the service provider directly.

The Internet is divided into three levels, the first level, which is the backbone of the network, that connects the continents by cable. The second level is the major telecommunications companies that provide service in the same region as Vodafone. The third level or the last mile is the local service providers that connect your home to the service.

Local telecom operators are able to withstand pressure depending on their capabilities, so a slowdown in key bottlenecks on the Internet is likely.

For example, teleconferencing services may experience intermittent problems as thousands of homeworkers conduct videoconferencing, this type of service is choking due to an increase in the demand for the same service at the same time.

Here the Internet will deal with this bottleneck by reducing the quality of your call, while your colleague from another country may lose the connection completely because of the poor service provider in his third level.

3- How long can the Internet withstand this pressure?

From January 1 to March 22, internet traffic increased by 18% in the United States, according to data from Cloud Performance and Internet Performance Corporation Cloudflare.

This is not the same as the hike you might see during the Super Bowl, except that traffic now stays high by the day.

Co-founder CEO Claude Flare, Matthew Prince, explained to Recode that the internet architecture is designed to accommodate these sharp spikes in activity and that given that the Internet can remain resilient with current events, it must be able to cope with the continuous rise "for four weeks, four months, or whatever that increases. "

4- But if so, why did major companies reduce the quality of their services in some regions?

The main reason for this is that the Internet infrastructure in some countries is not good enough. Italy, in particular, has experienced a sharp drop in speeds since its government-issued closure orders, but the speed of the Internet in Italy and many other European countries is less than half compared to what It is the situation in the United States, partly due to old infrastructure.

This worrisome situation in Europe prompted Netflix to reduce the number of visits there by 25%, and YouTube also promised to restrict the quality in order to make room for other services.

This means that Netflix users may notice a slight decrease in video quality, but this also means that their local bank website is still working properly, so this is a precaution.

4- What about the situation of Arab countries?

Answering this question to Al-Jazeera Net, a specialist in networking and operations solutions Mohamed Portamoukh, by saying, "The information technology infrastructure in Arab countries is very good, given the resources in some countries."

As for the responsibility for these updates, Portamukh replies, "Given the poor financial situation in most countries, the financial burden of maintaining the information technology infrastructure is expected to fall more on governments than on the private sector."

5- How can I work to guarantee my internet service without increasing the load on the network?

If you use the wireless router to connect to the Internet, keep in mind that your other devices are competing for the same wireless range, which causes network congestion at home.

Therefore it is advised to connect directly to the router using Ethernet to free up wireless bandwidth, or simply turn off devices that are not used until they are finished.