Major updates to Call of Duty have issues
After school suspensions across the country, Internet traffic in Italy increased rapidly. As many students have to stay home, games such as Fortnite and Call of Duty are pouring in. One major issue is the huge update of the game, which can quickly reach the size of 25 GB.
Restaurants, bars, shops, events: In Italy, public life is completely dormant due to the corona virus. As Bloomberg reported, data traffic from provider Italia SpA has increased by more than 70% over the past two weeks. Therefore, large fixed network bandwidth is mainly used for multiplayer games such as Fortnite or Call of Duty.
For many Italians who currently rely on a stable internet connection in their home office and use business software like Slack or Microsoft Teams, this can still be an issue-another among many.
Major update everyone wants
Simply playing a game is one thing-but when thousands of children and young people download the latest update at the same time [which may be 20 GB or more for Call of Duty], it is another thing.
Sweden also reported a significant increase in data transactions in fiber optic networks. A spokesperson for Telia Carrier, one of the largest international fiber optic network operators, told Bloomberg: "All the major players in the video conferencing business have been demanding more bandwidth for the past ten days. Some companies are asking for a five-fold increase in capacity."
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