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- For Europe, US and Canada the Christmas/New Year season (end November thru 2nd week in January) may also be expected to change behaviors, so comparing with data before the first cases (Nov-Jan) may be tricky.
- Also the measurements are from SLAC which shutdown on March 17th, 2020, so the traffic on its links may have dramatically decreased after that.
- The links from SLAC use the well-provisioned ESnet network and beyond that academic networks such as Internet2 in the US, GEANT in Europe, APAN in Asia so the measurements from SLAC may not be fully representative.
- Many of the targets are academic establishments that may have been closed, thus the target itself may be lightly loaded and so respond more quickly than in the past.
- Africa might be interesting since its networks tend to be less over-provisioned that those elsewhere. Also see https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/17/836896562/u-n-agency-fears-vulnerable-africa-may-suffer-at-least-300-000-covid-19-deaths
Milestones and Statistics
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| PingER Metric | Covid-19 Confirmed | Covid-19 Deaths |
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| ipdv | https://charteca.blob.core.windows.net/pubs/pTGaXf9gNGTYBLVF | https://charteca.blob.core.windows.net/pubs/PGkmEfrvMDMCDMZy |
Examining using PingER metrics from pingtable.pl
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