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As coronavirus lockdown paves way for work from home, internet gets clogged

The average mobile phone data speed nowadays is down over 20 per cent. Fixed broadband has seen an eight per cent decline in speed.

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Sachin P MampattaNeha Alawadhi Mumbai
Prior to the lockdown, the throng of commuters during rush hour used to clog the roads. But with the curbs paving the way for work from home, it is the Internet that is getting clogged now.
 
The average mobile phone data speed nowadays is down over 20 per cent. Fixed broadband has seen an eight per cent decline in speed. The analysis is based on data from Ookla, a global provider of data on Internet speeds.
 
It looked at data for the week ending April 5. This was compared to the average speed during the four weeks prior to the

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