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ISOC Live posted: "On Tuesday November 3 2020, at 13:00-15.00 UTC, the African IXP Association, in partnership with the Internet Society, presents the fourth webinar in the Virtual Peering Series – Africa, with the theme 'IXP Traffic Behavior During the Pandemic in Africa'." </span>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering4" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/afpeering4-300x169.png" alt="livestream" width="300" height="169" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"></a>On <strong>Tuesday November 3 2020</strong>, at <strong>13:00-15.00 UTC</strong>, the<strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.af-ix.net" target="_blank"> African IXP Association</a></strong>, in partnership with the <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/africa/" target="_blank">Internet Society</a></strong>, presents the fourth webinar in the <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/" target="_blank">Virtual Peering Series – Africa</a></strong>, with the theme '<strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/ixp-traffic-behavior-during-the-pandemic-in-africa/" target="_blank">IXP Traffic Behavior During the Pandemic in Africa</a></strong>'.</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em">This session aims to understand the behavior of traffic at African IXPs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Was there significant traffic increase due to the lockdown? Were there countries where there was a decrease in traffic mainly because people traditionally accessed more Internet from their offices? How critical are IXPs in these situations? It would also be relevant to understand the inter-regional traffic pattern during the pandemic.<br><br clear="all"><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpeering4" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/afpeering4fr-300x169.png" alt="livestream" width="300" height="169" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"></a>Le <strong>mardi 4 novembre 2020</strong>, de <strong>13h00 à 15h00 UTC</strong>, l'<strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.af-ix.net" target="_blank">Association africaine des IXP</a></strong>, en partenariat avec l'<strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/africa/" target="_blank">Internet Society</a></strong>, présente le quatrième webinaire de la <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/ixp-traffic-behavior-during-the-pandemic-in-africa/" target="_blank">série Virtual Peering - Afrique</a></strong>, sur le thème « <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.afpif.org/fr/serie-de-peering-virtuels-afrique/comportement-du-trafic-des-ixp-pendant-la-pandemie-en-afrique/" target="_blank">Comportement du trafic IXP pendant la pandémie en Afrique</a></strong> ».</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em">Cette session vise à comprendre le comportement du trafic sur les IXP africains pendant la pandémie COVID-19. Y a-t-il eu une augmentation significative du trafic en raison du verrouillage? Y a-t-il eu des pays où le trafic a diminué principalement parce que les gens accédaient traditionnellement à plus d'Internet depuis leurs bureaux? Dans quelle mesure les IXP sont-ils critiques dans ces situations? Il serait également utile de comprendre la configuration du trafic interrégional pendant la pandémie.</p>
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