Record levels of internet traffic recorded in Ireland

Eileen Gallagher, head of marketing at INEX:"In general, we estimate that traffic has risen by (approximately) 20% across the exchange."

Internet exchanges in Ireland have seen a 20% jump in traffic since the Covid-19 pandemic measures were put into place.

Ireland’s Internet Neutral Exchange Association said they reached a new record traffic level of 482 Gigabits per second yesterday as hundreds of thousands of people in Ireland work from home.