[cooperation-wg] Impact of COVID-19 measures on operations and regulatory barriers?

Dear colleagues,

With people in a large part of our service region now confined to their homes, it means that our societies and economies even more than ever depend on the Internet. Which has raised questions and concerns regarding the scalability and stability of our networks. Of course, we are doing our best to analyse data from RIS, RIPE Atlas and other sources to see what is going on and determine if there are any major changes related to the increased load or the limited movement of people and workers.

Our colleagues from the European Commission, as well as a number of national regulatory agencies, have reached out to us, asking if we see anything different or have noticed any deterioration of Internet connectivity. Some have also inquired about any bottlenecks (particularly regulatory) we or the community are experiencing because of the unprecedented measures taken.

As the RIPE NCC, one way we serve the community is to help inform policymakers of developments or concerns in the RIPE community. So in case you experience or expect any bottlenecks in your operations coming from existing regulation or any emergency measures, please feel free to post them here or contact us directly and we can relay those back to the team at the Commission or other relevant regulatory bodies we’re in contact with.

Stay safe,

Marco Hogewoning
External Relations, RIPE NCC