88 out of top 200 U.S. cities have seen internet speeds decline this past week, 3 cities by more than 40%

88 out of top 200 U.S. cities have seen internet speeds decline this past week, 3 cities by more than 40%

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https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/25/88-out-of-top-200-u-s-cities-have-seen-internet-speeds-decline-this-past-week-3-cities-by-more-than-40/

The impacts of telecommuting, shelter-in-place laws, and home quarantines resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak are starting to impact broadband speeds across a number of U.S. cities, a new report has found. According to broadband analysis site BroadbandNow, 88 out of the top 200 most populous U.S. cities analyzed have now experienced some form of network degradation over the past week, compared with the 10 weeks prior, as more people are going online to work from home, video chat, and stream movies and TV to keep themselves entertained. In a small handful of cities over the past week, there have even been significant degradations with download speeds dropping more than 40%, compared with the 10 weeks prior.

It’s not necessarily the areas hit hardest by the spread of the novel coronavirus that are experiencing the worst problems.