Easy for them to do because it costs them nothing. VPNs use so little bandwidth. What a joke to get some good PR, and sad they are exploiting this pandemic.
Yes as maybe it’d draw attention to the absurdity of the limits vs advertised speeds.
It’s similar to the security theater at airports. I personally dislike the entire TSA precheck concept specifically because it works so well. The lack of pain for frequent travelers has kept the entire system from being replaced with what’s now the TSA precheck process.
I think the point they were trying to make (and it's one I share based upon talking to operators in a few of the largest broadband networks in the US about their usage) is that the WFH crowd is not moving the needle in terms of driving traffic. Except for the 10th which was Call of Duty updates that did congest networks starting in the morning the peak is still post 5PM. Now with schools being closed that can certainly change and lead to what many broadband networks spot during spring break (peak coming sooner).
seems like there might be increases in total traffic [1] from more streaming. Not sure if Netflix has released numbers, though that wouldn't be as much of a burden to ISPs given their colocated 'open connect'
