For the last few weeks I have noticed a slowdown in the Internet in the afternoons. I am on the East coast of USA and notice the slowdown about noon when California is waking up and hitting the Internet. Webinars in the morning here usually run fine. In the afternoon we have more connection problems. Our Attendees are all on the East coast as well.
I know that GoTo has been looking into this issue and adjusting their Internet connections, just like every other business, trying to get the best possible data flow on a overcrowded information superhighway.
I really don't think this problem is just because GoTo has been giving away their tool kits. (I may be wrong.) Students across the world are now attending class via the Internet, most workers are working from home via the Internet, more people are storing and accessing their files in the cloud, online gaming is booming, sharing of cute cat videos has gone viral, and everyone is using the Internet to check up on their loved ones using audio and video, which are both very data-intensive. IMHO Zoom is doing a much more aggressive job of giving away and encouraging the use of free versions of their virtual meeting tools. Zoom is probably more to blame for the Internet slowdown than GoTo.
I don't hear anyone complaining about traffic jams on the highways right now because most people are staying at home.
We need a faster Internet to handle times like this when everyone is hitting the Internet really hard with data zipping everywhere. The Internet has become so commonplace, we expect it to be fast all the time, just like the water coming our of the sink faucet when we turn it on. We take the water for granted as we do with the Internet. We pay the monthly bill and expect it to happen.
Do we need to call our elected officials and ask them to raise our taxes so the Internet superhighway can be widened, so it can handle more traffic?
I am glad to have GoTo as one of the tools in my tool belt. No tool is perfect. Even my hammer hits my thumb every now and then.
