Chorus downstream network traffic, terabits per second. Before various records were set during lockdown 1, the previous high was 2.6Tbps during the Rugby World Cup 2019. The Auckland region saw a 62 per cent uplift in traffic, while the rest of the country increased 18 per cent. On the mobile side of things, Spark saw a 62 per cent increase in traffic over its mobile network (which includes wireless broadband) compared to a normal Monday. Things cooled off on Monday, relatively speaking with mobile calling around 14 per cent higher than usual and landline calling up 27 per cent.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 16, 2021 03:18 UTC