Thread by @abc730

#StayAtHome, that is the message from authorities and health workers. But with adults trying to #WorkFromHome, children studying and others looking for entertainment, the #NBN is coming under severe strain. #abc730 #coronavirus #COVID19Aus

“I’ve found myself sharing my home office and data with my daughter who is home from uni now doing her university degree online and my partner also operates a small business and he’s often online at night doing the books.” Kim Goldsmith. #abc730 #coronavirus #WFH #NBN

“It’s virtually grinding to a halt from eight o’clock in the morning.” Kim Goldsmith. #abc730 #coronavirus #WFH #NBN

Uni student Georgia had to watch a lecture on her mobile phone from a McDonalds car park. “I am sitting here trying to get enough signal for me to be able to complete my course for this trimester.” #abc730 #coronavirus #WFH #NBN

Nikki Hills has been surprised at how well things have worked. “There has been a couple of super short outages in peak times, but it’s a matter of balancing the load. So between the five of us we’ve kind of got into a really nice routine now.” #abc730 #coronavirus #WFH #NBN

“We have seen an unprecedented increase in data consumption since we’ve seen social distancing come in. In the daytime when more and more people are at home working and studying we’ve seen our traffic increase by around 70-80%.” Brad Whitcomb @nbn. #abc730 #coronavirus #WFH #NBN

"We're releasing that capacity across the entire network, across all of our access technology types. We believe it will uplift the experience for all customers.” Brad Whitcomb @nbn. #abc730 #coronavirus #WFH #NBN

The fmr CEO of @internetAUS predicts the 1/3 of #NBN customers will have problems. “What the #coronavirus has done is it has highlighted an existing system that is now a real problem for people because they are trying to work from home or study online.” @LJPatton. #abc730