"For years we’ve seen a steady decline in the amount of time people spend talking to one another, especially on wireless devices,” Verizon's CTO said. “The move to staying at home has reignited people’s hunger to stay connected, voice-to-voice.” sdxcentral.com/articles/news/…
"Overall, network traffic increased anywhere from 30% at 5 p.m. (local time) to 80% at 9 a.m. (local time) across the region on the first day of at-home isolation. Traffic was also up between 50% and 70% throughout the rest of that day [in Western Europe]."
Facebook: ""In many of the countries hit hardest by the virus, total messaging has increased more than 50% over the last month.
Similarly, in places hit hardest by the virus, voice and video calling have more than doubled on Messenger and WhatsApp." about.fb.com/news/2020/03/k…
Similarly, in places hit hardest by the virus, voice and video calling have more than doubled on Messenger and WhatsApp." about.fb.com/news/2020/03/k…
