Beyond the pandemic?: exploring the impact of Covid-19 on telecommunications and the internet /

This book contains an Open Access chapter Beyond the Pandemic? is integral to the exploration of the sectoral consequences of the Internet for business managers, policymakers and researchers engaged in planning and study for the digital economy future and planning for future pandemics.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Whalley, Jason (Editor ), Stocker, Volker (Editor ), Lehr, William, 1958- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing, 2023.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Since 2020
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- > Social aspects.
Telecommunication > Social aspects.
Internet > Social aspects.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- > Influence.
COVID-19 (Disease)
COVID-19
Pandémie de COVID-19, 2020- > Aspect social.
Télécommunications > Aspect social.
Internet > Aspect social.
COVID-19.
Postal & telecommunications industries.
Computers, Internet > General.
Internet > Social aspects
Telecommunication > Social aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Half Title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • List of Abbreviations
  • About the Authors
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. The Structure of the Book
  • References
  • Chapter 2: COVID-19 and the Internet: Lessons Learned
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. The Effect of COVID-19 on Internet Traffic
  • 2.2.1. Impact on Application Usage
  • 2.2.2. Impact on Internet Traffic
  • 2.2.2.1. Internet Traffic and Network Performance
  • A Tale of Aggregates, Peaks, and Troughs. To understand the pandemic's impact on Internet traffic and network performance, it is important to understand the extent to which peak traffic and network utili
  • 2.2.2.2. How Traffic Patterns Have Changed. Apart from traffic increases, the pandemic has caused changes in traffic patterns. While traffic patterns pre-COVID-19 were characterised by peaks and troughs, especially during weekdays, social distancing and l
  • 2.2.2.3. Summary and (Tentative) Outlook
  • The Future Course of the Pandemic Effect. The findings summarised above have been largely confirmed by a series of publications. Appendix 2.1 provides an overview and brief characterisation of some important repo
  • 2.3. Government and Private Sector Responses
  • 2.3.1. Government Responses in the USA and the EU
  • 2.3.1.1. Responses in the EU. At the EU level, a comprehensive set of general responses to the pandemic was introduced (EC, 2021a, 2021b
  • Council of the EU & European Council, 2022). Digital policy responses included, for example, policies designed to sup
  • 2.3.1.2. Responses in the United States. Also in the United States, broad and comprehensive measures were taken to cushion the negative effects of the pandemic and promote a strong recovery (USA.gov, 2022
  • U.S. Department of Treasury, 2022). In the early
  • 2.3.2. Responses by the Private Sector
  • 2.3.2.1. Capacity Expansion and Upgrades in Interconnection Strategies. Communications service providers in developed countries had to manage the traffic growth of an entire year within a few weeks, network capacities had to be scaled up rapidly. Moreove
  • 2.3.2.2. Network Management, Throttling of Sending Rates, and Rescheduling. Besides capacity expansion and upgrades in their interconnection strategies, several communications service providers used optimisation and network management strategies to maint

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